Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58893

Care Workers: Career Development

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage and (b) promote careers in the social care system.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department is supporting the professionalisation of the adult social care (ASC) sector by expanding the Care Workforce Pathway (CWP), funding the Learning Development and Support Scheme, and introducing the first ever fair pay agreement for the sector...

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