questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on care home fee rises for self-funders.
answerText: Tax policy, including changes to National Insurance contributions, is a matter for HM Treasury and assessments of the wider economic impacts are considered in that context.The Department of Health and Social Care does not have the power to set or recommen...
heading: Care Homes: Fees and Charges