Carers

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source

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 30 July 2021 to Question 29882 on Carers, how many adult carers are employed with (a) no formal qualifications, (b) NVQ level 3, (c) BTEC level 2, (d) BTEC level 3 and (e) Bachelor degree and above; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of informal carers who are involved in adult social care.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The latest published data shows that 1.2 million adults are employed in direct care jobs in the sector. Within this workforce around 50% hold a social care relevant qualification, including BTECs and NVQs. This is broken down as follows:

- 2% have entry or Level one qualifications;

- 25% have Level two qualifications;

- 19% have Level three qualifications;

- 4% have Level four qualifications or above (which includes Batchelor degrees at level six).

The Department does not hold further breakdown of this information by qualification type or to Level six specifically.

Data from the latest published United Kingdom Census in 2011 puts the number of unpaid carers, which includes care provided to ill or disabled people of any age, at 6.5 million, of which 5.4 million are in England.

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