Question follow-through · 95735

Care Workers: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the recent National Living Wage increase announced in the Budget, what assumptions have been made on future wage differential compression for social care workers currently earning just ab

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 1 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 3 Dec 2025
Answer: 15 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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1 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the recent National Living Wage increase announced in the Budget, what assumptions have been made on future wage differential compression for social care workers currently earning just ab
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
When assessing National Living Wage (NLW) increases, we assume that individuals earning at or near the NLW will receive a pay increase equivalent to the full NLW uplift, whilst pay growth for higher earning workers will increase in line with forecasts for...

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