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This consultation ended 13 May 2024.

Consultation period:
19 February 2024 to 13 May 2024
Last updated:

Reviewing responses

The responses to this consultation are currently being reviewed. Details of the outcome will be published here in due course.

Original consultation

We want your views about changing the regulations on local authority charging for adult care and support services.

Consultation description

Local authorities have the legal responsibility to provide social care and support to their respective assessed citizens, either within their own home, or in a residential care setting, and have the discretion to charge for those services.

Noting the increasing extreme financial pressures on local authorities, this consultation document seeks views on amending the regulations and code of practice governing local authority charging for social care and support services under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. The consultation specifically seeks views on a proposed increase to the non-residential maximum weekly charge, currently set at £100.

Our proposed change would ensure only individuals who have the financial means to pay an increased maximum weekly charge would do so. This would be determined by the usual process, as part of the financial means test carried out by an individual’s local authority. Therefore, not everyone currently paying the maximum weekly amount of £100 would be required to pay an increased amount.

Consultation documents

Consultation document , file type: PDF, file size: 268 KB

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Consultation document: easy read version , file type: PDF, file size: 856 KB

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Annex 1: part 4 and 5 code of practice (proposed amendment) , file type: PDF, file size: 574 KB

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Annex 2: draft integrated impact assessment , file type: PDF, file size: 378 KB

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Annex 3: draft regulatory impact assessment , file type: PDF, file size: 116 KB

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