Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 110269

Care Workers: Standards

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent care agencies from supplying staff who deliver unsupervised personal care without the required registration with the Care Quality Commission.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We have understood that the term care agencies refers to employment agencies. Care providers are required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) where they carry out a regulated activity, as described in the Health and Social Care Act 200...

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