Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58121

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 6 June 2025

Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Caroline Voaden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care home fee rates set by local authorities include (a) the economic situation, (b) workforce and (c) inflation.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We recognise the importance of local authority fee rates to adult social care providers, which meet the costs of delivering care and enable providers to recruit and retain staff. We have therefore provided the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund to...

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