Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 15
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Instruct DWP to collect occupational data to assess Exchequer costs of low care worker pay.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Department for Work and Pensions explores collecting occupational data for benefit claimants, to better understand the cost to the Exchequer of low pay for care workers and to support the case for better pay. (Recommendation, Paragraph 87)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 July 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗