Written questions

Care Homes: Minimum Wage

Commons · Question 94634 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the minimum wage rise on the cost of care home places for (a) those that are self funding and (b) local authorities that fund residents in car

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 2 Dec 2025

The Department regularly makes assessments of the cost pressures facing adult social care. These assessments take into account a wide range of factors, including changes to the National Minimum Wage and the impact that may have on local authorities fundin...