{"value":{"id":1664034,"askingMemberId":4862,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","uin":"201887","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of moving social care workers onto a single contract and set of terms and conditions.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4527,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>There are no current plans to make an estimate.</p><p>Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central Government.</p><p>In ‘Next steps to put People at the Heart of Care’, we announced our intention to launch a new Care Workforce Pathway for Adult Social Care, which will support development and provide a career structure to the workforce.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Care Workers: Conditions of Employment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1664034","method":"GET"}]}