Decision

Summary of
Decision
 
The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care,
Public Health and Voluntary Sector has approved the changing of the
Council’s Minimum Income Guarantee to £272.69, at a
cost of £1.2m.
 
Reasons for
Decision
 
The Council has discretion under the Care Act
2014 to decide whether residents must contribute to the costs of
their non-residential care services. Guidance from the Department
for Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets out factors that the Council
must consider when writing its policies for this. These include
ensuring people are not charged more than it is reasonably
practicable for them to pay, policies should be comprehensive, to
reduce variation in the way people are assessed and charged;
and, Local Authorities should consider
how to protect a person’s income
The purpose of changing the minimum income
guarantee is to promote independence and social inclusion and
ensure that those residents have sufficient funds to meet basic
needs such as purchasing food, utility costs or insurance, after
any housing costs like rent council tax and disability related
expenditure.