Written questions

Foster Care: Conditions of Employment

Commons · Question 4366 · Tabled 5 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to give worker status to foster carers.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 12 Sep 2024

As set out in our Plan to Make Work Pay, we will consult on a simpler two-tier employment status framework that differentiates between workers and the genuinely self-employed. We will confirm plans for this in due course.I pay tribute to the vital efforts...