questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the personal expenses allowance for residents of care homes.
answerText: The personal expenses allowance (PEA) sets the statutory minimum amount of income an individual residing in a care home must be left with after being charged for their care. These rates are reviewed annually, and local authorities also have the discretion...
heading: Care Homes: Allowances