Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73212

Care Workers: Travel

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on support for care workers with the costs of travel.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central Government.The Government recognises the scale of reforms needed to make the adult social care sector attractive, to support sust...

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