Minimum income guarantee rates for Adult Social Care

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

 

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