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Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a weekly cap on domiciliary care costs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a weekly cap on domiciliary care costs.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We announced on 3 January 2025 that we are launching an independent commission into adult social care as part of our critical first steps towards delivering a National Care Service. Chaired by Baroness Louise Casey and reporting to the Prime Minister, the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Food: Labelling

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Pharmacy

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