Care Workers: Zero-hours Contracts

(asked on 16th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of care workers on zero-hours contracts.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023

The Department has made no estimate. However, we commission Skills for Care to provide information and intelligence on adult social care providers and their workforce. Skills for Care report that 32% of care workers were on zero-hours contracts in 2022/23.

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