Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on self-funding care home residents whose capital falls below the upper capital limit while they are awaiting a local authority needs or financial assessment.

The issues raised by the Hon Member are all under consideration by Baroness Casey’s commission, as she develops her proposals for a National Care Service. The Government has brought Baroness Casey’s final report forward to summer next year, and we will set out next steps once that report is received.