Question follow-through · 80712
Care Homes: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes to meet the cost of (a) transport, (b) health-related services and (c) s
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the personal expenses allowance for residents in care homes to meet the cost of (a) transport, (b) health-related services and (c) s
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The rates of the personal expenses allowance (PEA) are reviewed annually, and local authorities also have the discretion to set higher rates for the PEA if they so choose.To allow people receiving means-tested support to keep more of their own income, the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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