Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 101269

Health Services: Finance

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place to ensure that savings thresholds in relation to care costs are communicated to the public at both local and national level.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department undertakes an annual review of the capital limits and the social care allowances within the adult social care charging system.The capital limits determine eligibility for means-tested local authority support with care costs, and the social ...

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