LAs charging policy and Personal Expenses Allowance

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Dear Local Authority,
These questions all relate to persons under age 65 living a residential care home paid for all or in part by your council’s social care budget

1) How many people in your Local Authority under 65 live in a residential care home?

2) How much disposable income/PEA do care home residents have available each week for their needs?

3) Calculation of income

a) How does your residential charging policy calculate income?
b) What is included in your income calculation?
c) What is excluded from your income?
d) Which (if any) parts of the income calculation are discretionary?
e) Which parts of the income calculation are mandatory?
f) Do you use the same calculation model for care home residents above the age of 65 versus those below that age?
g) If the model differs, what are those differences?
4) Discretionary Increases
a) Does the Local Authority exercise its discretion to allow individuals under 65 years in residential care homes more than this minimum amount?
b) If yes, what is the weekly amount available to them and (as in 3 above) how is it calculated?
5) Is there any difference in the amount people are left with each week if the Local Authority is acting as an Appointee?

Yours faithfully,

Anita Bellows

Staffordshire County Council

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Portch, David (Corporate), Staffordshire County Council

Dear Anita Bellows

Thank you for your request for information.

Please find information provided by the relevant service team(s) below / attached.

1) How many people in your Local Authority under 65 live in a residential care home? For under 65s we currently have 129 individuals in Nursing and 497 individuals in Residential Care Homes
2) How much disposable income/PEA do care home residents have available each week for their needs? The annual Department of Health 'social care - charging for care and support' circular sets out the value of this allowance each year. This basic rate is currently £24.90 a week.
3) Calculation of income:
a) How does your residential charging policy calculate income? This is defined by national legislation and regulation under the Care Act 2014

b) What is included in your income calculation? This is defined by national legislation and regulation under the Care Act 2014

c) What is excluded from your income? This is defined by national legislation and regulation under the Care Act 2014

d) Which (if any) parts of the income calculation are discretionary? This is defined by national legislation and regulation under the Care Act 2014 and in the attached Appendix C: Adult Social Care Contributions, Deferred Payments Agreements and What Staffordshire County Council Funds Policies document

e) Which parts of the income calculation are mandatory? This is defined by national legislation and regulation under the Care Act 2014

f) Do you use the same calculation model for care home residents above the age of 65 versus those below that age? Yes

g) If the model differs, what are those differences? N/A

4) Discretionary Increases
a) Does the Local Authority exercise its discretion to allow individuals under 65 years in residential care homes more than this minimum amount? Please refer to the attached Appendix C: Adult Social Care Contributions, Deferred Payments Agreements and What Staffordshire County Council Funds Policies document

b) If yes, what is the weekly amount available to them and (as in 3 above) how is it calculated? N/A

5) Is there any difference in the amount people are left with each week if the Local Authority is acting as an Appointee? No
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David Portch

Access Team
Staffordshire County Council
1 Staffordshire Place
Stafford
ST16 2DH

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