Agenda item

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for People.

The report details the Council’s preparation for the implementation of Part 1 of the Care Act which has included identifying a number of existing policies that require amendment and where there are policy gaps where new policies are therefore required.

The Scrutiny Committee is requested to:-

(1) Consider and comment on the report and appendices.

(2) Recommend that the Executive endorses the recommendations outlined in section 4.2 and summarised below:

·         Charging carers for care and support

·         Approach to charging in residential care

·         The rate of interest charged in relation to Deferred Payment Agreements

·         The administration fee charged in relation to Deferred Payment Agreements

·         Alternative means of deferring payments outside of formal arrangements

(3) Note the open consultation on Part 2 of the Care Act.

Officer contact: Jenny Rollinson on 0161 218 1064 or email: jenny.rollinson@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for People submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the Council’s preparation for the implementation of Part 1 of the Care Act which had included identifying a number of existing policies that require amendment and where there were policy gaps where new policies were therefore required.

The Executive Councillor for Adult Care Services (Councillor Keith Holloway) attended the meeting to answer members’ questions.

It was queried whether Stockport’s comparator local authorities also charged the nationally-set maximum interest rate for deferred payment agreements and what methodology the Council had used to arrive at this interest rate.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Executive be recommended to give approval to the recommendations detailed in Section 4.2 of the report.

(2) That it be noted that Part 2 of the Care Act 2014 was currently open to public consultation.