Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81747
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families with rises in care home fees for relatives with dementia; and whether he has made an assessment of the impact of those changes on the savings
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe Department does not hold data on self-funder residential care home fees sufficient to make a comparative assessment between different local authorities. Fee rates are set by providers of adult social care. The Department does not have the power to lim...
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