Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 54140

Care Workers: Minimum Wage

Tabled: 21 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Connor Naismith

LabourCrewe and Nantwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that full-time carers are paid the national minimum wage.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department for Business and Trade is responsible for the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage. The Department of Health and Social Care has an interest in the terms and conditions of those working in the paid care sector in England. DWP provides s...

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