Written questions

Care Workers: Travel

Commons · Question 73212 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on support for care workers with the costs of travel.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 Sep 2025

Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central Government.The Government recognises the scale of reforms needed to make the adult social care sector attractive, to support sust...