Regulation 2 Amendments to the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014

(1)

The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 6 (personal expenses allowance for residents or temporary residents provided with accommodation in a care home), for “£24.90” substitute “£25.65”.

(3)

In regulation 7 (minimum income guaranteed amount for other adults and carers whose needs are being met otherwise than by the provision of accommodation in a care home)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b) for “£83.65” substitute “£86.20”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “£72.40” substitute “£74.60”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “£91.40” substitute “£94.15”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (c) for “£189.00” substitute “£194.70”;

(c)

in paragraph (3) for “£91.40” substitute “£94.15”;

(d)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “£71.80” substitute “£73.95”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “£144.30” substitute “£148.65”;

(e)

in paragraph (5)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “£40.35” substitute “£41.55”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “£19.70” substitute “£20.30”;

(f)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a) for “£28.75” substitute “£29.60”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for “£14.15” substitute “£14.60”;

(g)

in paragraph (7) for “£43.25” substitute “£44.55”.

(4)

In paragraph 40 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income)—

(a)

for “£5.75” wherever it occurs substitute “£5.90”;

(b)

for “£8.60” wherever it occurs substitute “£8.85”.

(5)

In Schedule 2 (capital to be disregarded), after paragraph 39^f2 insert—

“40.

Any redress payment made to the adult under Part 4 of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Financial Redress: Redress Payments).”^f3

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2014/2672, amended by S.I. 2015/644, 2018/687, 2020/112 and 2021/717; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: Paragraph 39 was inserted by S.I. 2021/717.
f3: 2021 asp 15.