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Deadline: Sunday 17 August 2025.
Liverpool City Council would like to hear your views on a new policy for charging for non-residential adult social care services. This means that if you receive care and support arranged by the council, what you pay towards the cost of your care and support may change.
If you do contribute to the cost of your care, you are protected by a Minimum Income Guarantee, which varies depending on age and circumstances, but in the case of a single pensioner is £272.70 per week. They also disregard an additional 10 per cent of income over and above the Minimum Income Guarantee.
If you have savings below £14, 250, they are not counted when assessing your ability to pay for care.
Proposals
Proposal 1
Anyone who has more than £23,250 in savings or capital has to pay for their own care. They arrange care on their behalf when asked to do so but they do not charge a fee for setting up this care.
They propose: Introducing a set-up charge of £200 and an annual arrangement fee of £150 for arranging care for anyone who has to pay for their own care because they have capital above the threshold, so it reflects the cost to the council.
Proposal 2
They do not currently charge on the basis of the actual costs to the council for arranging care and support services.
For example, they currently pay a home care fee rate of £21.50 per hour to the provider, but people’s assessed contribution is based on a capped rate of £10 per hour.
They propose: Removing the cap, so that care charges are based on what the council pays to care providers.
Proposal 3
When they calculate how much a person has to pay for their care, they assume they only have one carer at a time. However, they know that some people do need two or more carers at any one time to provide their care safely.
They propose: Charging a person for their care based on the actual cost of care and support, including where more than one carer is needed.
Proposal 4
Under specific circumstances, they have a duty to protect the moveable property (this can include personal belongings and pets) of people who are unable to make their own arrangements, and where they have nobody who is able and willing to make those arrangements on their behalf. Currently, they do not recover costs or apply a charge for storage where storage of personal items is arranged by the council, or where the council arranges temporary care of pets.
They propose: To recover reasonable costs from the person where storage of personal items or care for pets is arranged by the council under its statutory duties.