Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33416

Carers: Employment

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of access to adult social care services in England on unpaid carers’ ability to participate in paid employment.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Adult social care has a role to play in helping unpaid carers to participate and stay in paid employment. The Government recognises the challenges facing the adult social care system. That is why the Government is launching an independent commission into ...

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