Written question WQ93677
- Asked by
- Mabon ap GwynforPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 6 days
Question
How is the Welsh Government monitoring the compliance of social care employers with the real living wage policy?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Social Care
We are moving in to the third financial year of our Programme for Government commitment to pay the real living wage (RLW) to social care workers in Wales.
Monitoring processes were put in place in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Information provided by health boards and local authorities was scrutinised by the Real Living Wage Steering Group, which included representation from government, providers, commissioners, and trade unions.
We have now commissioned an independent evaluation of the implementation of the real living wage, which will look at the implementation and experience of delivery of the commitment across the sector.