Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 48546

Care Workers: Pay and Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 28 April 2025

Answered: 7 May 2025

Question

Navendu Mishra

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to enforce compliance among social care providers based (a) in the UK and (b) abroad that fail to pay (i) wages and (ii) pension contributions.

Answer

Justin Madders

The law is clear: if you are a UK-based worker, you are entitled to rights under UK employment law, regardless of where your employer is based.HMRC enforces the minimum wage on behalf of DBT. It considers all complaints from workers and where it finds und...

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