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THE WIDER IMPACT OF SOCIAL CARE PAY INEQUALITY
CARE SECTOR
SECTION 5: THE IMPACT
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ON SOCIETY
INVESTING 2% OF GDP £ IN THE UK CARE SECTOR
WOULD GENERATE TWICE AS MANY JOBS AS THE SAME INVESTMENT
IN CONSTRUCTION.
1.73M WORKFORCE
There are approximately 1.73m people working in social care across England32, Scotland33
and Wales34, all of whom contribute to their local economy, fuelling localised spending.
31. £51.5bn in England, £5.1bn in Scotland and at least £2.2.bn in Wales. Data gathered from: The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England (October 2022), Scotland’s care Sector: An Economic Driver, The Enable Group (September 2021) and The Economic Value of the Adult Social Care sector - Wales - ICF Consulting 2018
32. 1.5m in England - The King’s Fund – ‘Key facts and figures about adult social care’, July 2021
33. 134,000 in Scotland - https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-care-service-adult-social-care-workforce-scotland/
34. 91,000 in Wales - https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/new-report-social-care-workforce
£58.8BN
Independent data demonstrates that social care is a net economic contributor to the tune of £58.8bn annually in Great Britain31.
IT IS SAID THAT
CONSTRUCTION
