Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7577

Social Services: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 7 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Dr Neil Hudson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the cap on adult social care costs on the cost of adult social care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We inherited a commitment to implement charging reform in October 2025, which included the cap on care costs. The full policy would have cost government an additional £4bn by 2030 on adult social care spend per year.Public finances are in their worst posi...

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