Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to respond to the concerns raised by the Low Pay Commission in the Report of March 2015, National Minimum Wage, Cm 9017, regarding problems meeting the existing National Minimum Wage in the social care sector.

We are working with the social care sector, including care providers from the voluntary sector, to ensure we understand fully how the introduction of the National Living Wage will affect them.