Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 17888
Care Homes: Allowances
Tabled: 4 December 2024
Answered: 13 December 2024
Question
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the weekly personal expense allowance for those living in care homes is increased by the rate of inflation each financial year.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe social care allowance rates, which include the Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA), are reviewed each year. The PEA rates have been uprated in line with inflation every year since 2022, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be published in e...
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