questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a personal care allowance for people who are assessed as needing personal care.
answerText: Local authorities are required to undertake a needs assessment for any individual who requests it, which will consider all of the adult’s care and support needs. As part of this process, the local authority will provide the person with a personal budget, ...
heading: Disability: Social Security Benefits