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Care Homes: Minimum Wage

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

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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