Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94634
Care Homes: Minimum Wage
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Conservative — Sutton Coldfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the minimum wage rise on the cost of care home places for (a) those that are self funding and (b) local authorities that fund residents in car
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Department regularly makes assessments of the cost pressures facing adult social care. These assessments take into account a wide range of factors, including changes to the National Minimum Wage and the impact that may have on local authorities fundin...
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