Question follow-through · 125755

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Earned Settlement proposals on the supply of care workers.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
15 Apr 2026
Answer
15 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Earned Settlement proposals on the supply of care workers.

  2. 15 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Department of Health and Social Care works closely with the Home Office on issues relating to immigration and the adult social care sector, including the social care workforce.The Government ran a public consultation on whether the existing pathway fo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Social Services: Departmental Responsibilities

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring control of social care to the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to provide services at the local level.

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Social Services: Local Government

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the provision of social care services by Local Authority Social Service Departments.

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Social Services

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help to support the development of individual good life plans for people in social care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Care Workers

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of skilled professional workforce the Department estimates is needed to meet the current demand of the social care sector and what steps is it taking to meet this target.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Care Workers

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of skilled professional workforce the Department estimates is needed to meet the current demand of the social care sector and what steps is it taking to meet this target.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Care Workers

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of skilled professional workforce required to meet the long-term demand of the social care sector; and what steps he is taking to meet that target.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Workers

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new community social work professional that combines essential clinical skills with relationship- and strengths-based

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to create a system of democratic accountability and consultative governance system to advise elected representatives in their responsibilities to social care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Local Government

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of social care resources being transferred to local government departments to deliver social care services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help develop short-term and long-term strategic plans for the social care sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Services: Departmental Responsibilities

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimations his Department has made of the cost of integrating the social care sector into the Department and devolving it to local government level.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fire and Rescue Services: Occupational Health

27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Fire Brigades Union on the implementation of health monitoring for firefighters.