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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-06-12more like thismore than 2020-06-12
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 remove filter
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Care Homes: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings published by Age UK on 10 June 2020 that some care home residents are being required to pay extra fees to cover costs associated with the covid-19 outbreak, what assessment he has made of the (a) implications of those findings for his policies on adult social care and (b) likelihood that the inability of care home residents to meet those extra costs could precipitate care home closures. more like this
tabling member constituency West Lancashire more like this
tabling member printed
Rosie Cooper more like this
uin 59197 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-06-25more like thismore than 2020-06-25
answer text <p>Where individuals are not eligible for financial support from their local authority, they make their own arrangements for care services and pay the fees. This is known as being a ‘self-funder’. The fees are set out in a contract between the individual and the care provider. The Government has no say in these private arrangements.</p><p>A local authority must regularly reassess a person’s ability to meet the cost of any charges to take account of any changes to their income and assets.</p><p>We recognise the pressures that COVID-19 is placing on the social care system. We have already provided £3.2 billion to local authorities and have made a £600 million Infection Control Fund available to care homes to allow them to take additional steps to reduce the spread.</p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to shape their whole local markets to ensure that they are sustainable, diverse and offer high quality care and support for people in their local area. The Care Act places a duty on local authorities to ensure that people continue to receive the services they need if their adult social care provider is no longer able to carry on delivering services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent more like this
answering member printed Helen Whately more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-06-25T16:23:58.303Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-25T16:23:58.303Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Helen Whately more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Rosie Cooper more like this