Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the additional financial support announced by the Chancellor in the Economy Update of 26 May 2022 and set out in the Cost of living support factsheet: 26 May 2022 will be taken into account when individual contributions to social care costs are calculated.
The Department is currently determining the impact of the new cost of living payments on financial assessments for care costs.