Care Homes: Fees and Charges

House of Lords written question – answered at on 6 January 2015.

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Photo of Lord Lipsey Lord Lipsey Labour

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what adjustment they intend to make to the £23,250 non-housing capital asset limit for the deferred payment scheme when the capital limit for means-tested care benefits rises from £23,250 to £118,000 in April 2016.

Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

We intend to raise the capital-related eligibility criterion, which currently requires a person to have less than £23,250 in non-housing assets, to £27,000 from April 2016. This mirrors the increased upper capital limit which will apply when a person’s property is disregarded from April 2016.

Local authorities will retain discretionary powers to offer deferred payments to people who do not meet the eligibility criteria but might otherwise benefit.

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