Social Care Workforce Special Payment Scheme 2020-09-15
2020-09-15
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Q1
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The question arises from the Welsh Government's social care workforce special payment scheme.
What assessment has been made of the implications for UK policies of the Welsh Government's social care workforce special payment scheme?
Spending on devolved matters is a matter for the Welsh Government. The UK Government do not set the levels of pay for care workers in England, but we are focused on ensuring that the social care system is funded so that providers pay a fair wage.
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The question about assessment was not directly addressed; instead, it was redirected to the Welsh Government's responsibilities.
Spending On Devolved Matters Is A Matter For The Welsh Government
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Q2
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The question concerns care workers who have received £500 payments from the Welsh Labour Government but face deductions due to universal credit rules, leaving them with only about £125.
Can the Minister explain why care workers who worked hard and received a £500 thank you from the Welsh Labour Government now find that the UK Government is deducting money from their payments, leaving those on universal credit with around £125?
The hon. Lady should point out to those same workers that this Government have allocated an unprecedented £4 billion of guaranteed funding to the Welsh Government to enable them to allocate funding under what is a devolved matter. If she is drawing attention to the fact that there is a shortfall in what she feels should be going to care workers in her constituency, she needs to address why more of that £4 billion is not being allocated to care workers in what is a devolved issue.
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Assessment & feedback
The question about the deduction was redirected to discuss allocations and responsibilities of the Welsh Government rather than addressing the specific impact on care workers' payments.
This Government Have Allocated An Unprecedented £4 Billion Of Guaranteed Funding
A Devolved Matter
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