WQ95512 (e) Tabled on 20/01/2025

What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the current capital threshold fees for residential care?

Answered by Minister for Children and Social Care | Answered on 24/01/2025

Under the Programme for government, we have committed to maintain the capital limit (for care) at £50,000.

Wales has the highest capital limit for residential care in the UK. We also have a single limit, which protects all of the capital a person holds at or below £50,000. The capital limit used in local authority charging for residential care was set at the current limit of £50,000 in April 2019.