PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Services: Fees and Charges (30 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with care costs higher than the proposed new adult social care cap of £86,000, as of 30 November 2022.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

The impact assessment for the consultation on charging reform, published in January 2022, states that one in seven people aged over 65 years old will have care costs above £100,000 over their lifetime and approximately one in 10 will have costs above £120,000.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
6 December 2022