Speeches

Andrew Smith – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Smith on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the national living wage on social care providers.

Alistair Burt

The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.