Care Homes: Allowances
Commons · Question 17888 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the weekly personal expense allowance for those living in care homes is increased by the rate of inflation each financial year.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 Dec 2024
The social care allowance rates, which include the Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA), are reviewed each year. The PEA rates have been uprated in line with inflation every year since 2022, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be published in e...