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If they are deployed back into the health service or social care, it will be under a proper contract of employment. We had 1,916 expressions of interest for social care roles.
That is why I share the concerns that are expressed in the report, which have been echoed by members, that, at times, we are struggling to identify carers in that situation.
The last time you were before the committee, we glossed over issues such as tax credits, as we assumed that tax credits would be history and that the universal credit would be in place before any change started.
People think that welfare reform is something that will happen only when universal credit comes in, but welfare reform is already taking place in a broader context of changes to benefits.
A college could completely fulfil its funding contract by meeting all its learner and credit number targets and yet still find itself in a financially very difficult place.