Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 128964 on social services: national minimum wage, what the timescale is for his Department's further market analysis to assess the impact on the social care sector nationally; and if he publish that analysis and make copies of it available in the Library.

The Government is committed to ensuring that any potential impact on the social care sector is minimised, in order to guarantee that vulnerable adults continue to receive the sleep-in support they require.

The Government has commissioned a second phase of market analysis due to be completed in April. However, this will subject to further analysis and consequently there is no timetable for publication.