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Social Services: Pay

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 17 June 2025UIN 57464

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for establishing a fair pay agreement process in the adult social care sector.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government is committed to consulting on the design of the Fair Pay Agreement process and aims to begin the public consultation after the bill receives Royal Assent later this year. Secondary legislation and the establishing of the Negotiating Body will follow. The body will then negotiate the first Fair Pay Agreement. The Government is committed to establishing the first Fair Pay Agreement, and to doing so within this Parliament.

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