Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38564

Social Services: Finance

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to payroll costs from the Autumn Budget 2024 on self funders in social care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Self-funder fee rates are set by providers of adult social care, the majority of which are in the independent sector. The Department does not have powers to set or recommend the level of self-funder fees that care homes charge. However, all businesses are...

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