Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51623

Care Workers: Working Hours

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025

Question

Susan Murray

Liberal DemocratMid Dunbartonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of opt-out agreements in the care sector on workplace standards.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department has not made, and has no current plans to make, an assessment of the potential impact of the use of opt-out agreements in the care sector on workplace standards. Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their terms...

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