Question follow-through · 28797
Care Workers: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to end exploitative employment practices by social care employers.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to end exploitative employment practices by social care employers.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
We have seen unacceptable increases in unethical practices and exploitation in the adult social care sector. The Department works closely with regulators, local authorities, other departments, and enforcement bodies to share concerns and intelligence abou...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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