Written question WQ84273
- Asked by
- Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
What percentage of the current social care workforce budget in spent on agency staff in a) adult social care and b) children social care?
Answer
Answered by Deputy Minister for Social Services
The Welsh Government does not collect or hold this data. Local authorities are provided with funding to provide social care services for their communities through the Revenue Support Grant. These services are commissioned from a range of public, independent and voluntary service providers to deliver quality care and support for the people of Wales. These providers, as employers, are responsible for ensuring that they have sufficient staff to deliver quality care and support and this will include agency staff where there are staff absences.