Written questions

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

Commons · Question 71856 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the current capital threshold of £23,250 for eligibility for local authority support with residential care costs.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Jan 2026

The capital limits for support with adult social care costs are reviewed annually. The rates for the next financial year (2026/27) will be published via a Local Authority Circular in due course.The capital limits represent minimum thresholds, and local au...