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<p>Social care is a means tested service. The Care Act 2014 requires that local authorities
must assess any adult who appears to have a care and support need. The Children Act
1989 places a similar duty in relation to children’s needs. Local authorities are
subject to the Public Sector Equality duty, which requires them to take steps to meet
the needs of people with protected characteristics (which includes disability), where
they are different from the needs of others , and to minimise or remove disadvantages
resulting from protected characteristics. Local authorities have a duty to ensure
that when someone has been assessed as being eligible for care and support due to
a disability, they must commission the services to meet those needs. However, it is
up to each local authority to decide what services to provide and how much based on
local circumstances.</p>
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