When your care is funded by the local authority, your assessable income is used to support your care costs. The Personal Expense Allowance is the amount you are allowed to retain for your own use on items such as hairdressing, newspapers and toiletries.
The current rate is England is £24.90 per week.
In 2020/21, local authorities spent £7.8 billion on long-term support for older people, of which £4.8 billion was on nursing or residential care, £2.9 billion on community support, including home care
Each local authority has an amount which they will pay for a given care need. This might be an hourly rate for home care or a weekly fee for residential care. Not all care providers will accept this r
Last year, the average hourly rate paid by local authorities for externally commissioned home care fell 1.1% from £18.65 to £18.44. Source: Social Care 360 – The Kings Fund