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Care Workers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the financial support available to care workers who are seeking to gain new qualifications.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the financial support available to care workers who are seeking to gain new qualifications.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We are committed to supporting a professional, well-supported social care workforce. On 6 September 2024, the Department launched the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme, which allows eligible employers to claim for funding for certa...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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