Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 71856

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the current capital threshold of £23,250 for eligibility for local authority support with residential care costs.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The capital limits for support with adult social care costs are reviewed annually. The rates for the next financial year (2026/27) will be published via a Local Authority Circular in due course.The capital limits represent minimum thresholds, and local au...

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