Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 56498

Care Workers: Pay

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support higher hourly rates for care staff to (a) attract and (b)retain care workers

Answer

Jim McMahon
We have delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion fo...
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