Closed consultation

Adult social care charging reform: distribution of funding 2023 to 2024

Applies to England

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Summary

We are seeking views on the distribution of funding to support the reform of the adult social care charging system in 2023 to 2024.

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Consultation description

At the Autumn Statement 2022, the government confirmed it was taking the difficult decision to delay the planned adult social care charging reforms. The funding has been retained in local authority budgets to help them meet current pressures.

We are grateful for the engagement received on the consultation on the distribution of funding to support the reform of the adult social care charging system in 2023 to 2024 and will set out next steps in due course.

The government is introducing a new adult social care charging framework from October 2023. 

This consultation seeks views on proposals for distributing funding to support the first year of delivery of adult social care charging reform in 2023 to 2024. There are proposals for:

  • distributing funding for needs and financial assessments
  • the extension to the means test
  • the cap on care costs

The personal information collected by this survey will be handled in accordance with the DHSC privacy notice.

Documents

Published 8 August 2022
Last updated 6 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added a note stating that, following an announcement in the government’s Autumn Statement 2022, the planned adult social care charging reforms and, consequently, the response to this consultation are being delayed.

  2. If you have further questions on the content of this consultation, please contact ascdistribution@dhsc.gov.uk. (Please do not use this email address to respond to the consultation.)

  3. Added contact email address for enquiries about the consultation.

  4. First published.