Opposition Day Debate on Wednesday 25th October 2017
Question put by Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab) and agreed to.
Resolved,
“That this House notes the Conservative Party’s manifesto commitment to a funding proposal for social care which would have no cap on care costs and would include the value of homes in the means test for care at home; further notes that this proposal would leave people with a maximum of only £100,000 of assets; calls on the Government to confirm its intention not to proceed with this commitment; and further calls on the Government to remove the threat to withdraw social care funding from, and stop fines on, local authorities for Delayed Transfers of Care and to commit to the extra funding needed to close the social care funding gap for 2017 and the remaining years of the 2017 Parliament.”
Background
In the 2017 Election, the Conservative Manifesto proposed a more generous means-test with a “single capital floor” of £100,000 (compared to the current limit of £23,250). Further information can be found in the Library briefing paper, Social care: Conservative manifesto's commitments on the means-test including the £100,000 limit (England).
The Government has said that its proposals for reforming how social care is funded would be set out in a Green Paper consultation, and earlier this month repeated its position that it would “provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course”.