Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 4
4
Deferred
Previous social care reform attempts have failed, eroding the upper threshold and increasing costs.
Conclusion
There have been multiple failed attempts to advance a version of Dilnot’s reforms, during which time more and more people are faced with unknowable social care costs, and inflation has eroded the value of the upper threshold, meaning fewer people benefit from it. We note the establishment of the Casey Commission and hope it succeeds where previous reforms failed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 28)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response did not address the recommendation regarding social care costs or the Casey Commission. Instead, it discussed DWP's use of PAYE data and SIC codes for Universal Credit customers, and its lack of SOC codes.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
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DHSC has heard from many families who have been impacted by high and unpredictable care costs, and we recognise their frustration at the situation in which they find themselves. The government reviews the capital limits on an annual basis, alongside the social care allowances. Baroness Casey is tasked with looking at the long-term transformation of adult social care and has been given a broad remit to make any recommendations for the charging system, as the commission sees fit.
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