Question follow-through · 38104
Care Homes: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the criteria used to determine the amount allocated for the Personal Expenses Allowance for residents in care homes.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the criteria used to determine the amount allocated for the Personal Expenses Allowance for residents in care homes.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2025
Answer published
The personal expenses allowance (PEA) sets the statutory minimum amount of income an individual residing in a care home must be left with after being charged for their care. These rates are reviewed annually, and local authorities also have the discretion...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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