I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 with reference to the Department of Health and Social Care’s Local Authority circular LAC (DHSC) (2021)1 (Social Care – Charging for Care and Support).
Please confirm the Minimum Income Guarantee rates set by your Council for the financial years 2019-2020 and 2021-2022, with respect to Financial Assessments carried out by the local authority under Section 17 of The Care Act (2014), in these areas:
a) where the adult being assessed is responsible for, and a member of, the same household as a child – what is the MIG rate in respect of each child? | £83.65 |
b) where the adult concerned is a single person and | |
is aged 18 or older but less than 25 – what is the MIG rate? |
£72.40 |
is aged 25 or older but less than pension credit age – what is the MIG rate? |
£91.40 |
has attained pension credit age – what is the MIG rate? |
£189.00 |
c) Where the adult concerned is a lone parent aged 18 or over – what is the MIG rate? | £91.40 |
d) Where the adult concerned is a member of a couple and | |
one or both are aged 18 or over – what is the MIG rate? |
£71.80 |
one or both have attained pension credit age – what is the MIG rate? |
£144.30 |
e) Where the adult concerned is a single person who is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support, be in receipt of’ disability premium – what is the MIG rate for: | |
disability premium – what is the MIG rate for: 18-24 year olds? |
£40.35 |
disability premium – what is the MIG rate for: 25 or older but less than pension age? |
£40.35
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enhanced disability premium – what is the MIG rate for: 1) 18-24 year olds? |
£19.70 |
enhanced disability premium – what is the MIG rate for 2) 25 or older but less than pension age? |
£19.70 |
f) Where the adult concerned is a member of a couple and one member of that couple is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support, be in receipt of’ | |
disability premium – what is the MIG rate? |
£28.75 |
enhanced disability premium – what is the MIG rate? |
£14.15 |
g) Where the adult concerned is in receipt of, or the local authority considers would, if in receipt of income support be in receipt of, carer premium – what is the MIG rate if: | |
the adult is 18-24 years of age? |
£43.25 |
the adult is 25 or older but less than pension age? |
£43.25 |
of pension age |
N/A |