Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 108401

Care Workers: Vetting

Tabled: 26 January 2026

Answered: 29 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what vetting procedures are in place to ensure care agencies providing non UK workers in the care industry ensure the safety of patients before allowing workers to commence a caring role.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

Care agencies who carry out a regulated activity must be registered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and are expected to comply with relevant regulations. Where a care agency does not carry out a regulated activity but supplies workers to a regulated ...

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