Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions domiciliary care workers should take in the event of a fire at the home of someone they are providing care for; and what guidance the Government provides for those care workers in that scenario.

The Care Certificate Standards are an identified set of standards that health and social care workers adhere to in their daily working life. Standard 13 refers to a care worker being able to promote fire safety by explaining how to prevent fires from starting or spreading and being able to describe what to do in the event of a fire.

The Department does not provide guidance on fire safety but there is a range of advice available in the care sector.