Social Services: Finance
Commons · Question 38564 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
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
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Mar 2025
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...