Written questions

Social Services: Career Development

Commons · Question 1303 · Tabled 23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national career framework for social care staff that is integrated with the job-evaluated Agenda for Change pay and conditions

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 30 Jul 2024

Those working in social care have been ignored for too long, and so will be at the heart of our initial reforms. We will start by engaging with care workers and trade unions to deliver a long over-due new deal, which will include establishing the first ev...