Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Adopt the revised Care and Support Charging Policy attached at Appendix 1 to the report which would mean that with effect from April 2016:
(a) The same amount of Disability Related Expenditure (DRE) disregard shall be applied to all service users when assessing the amount they contribute to their care.
(b) The new DRE disregarded amounts of £5, £15 or £25 shall be phased in as disability benefit rates are uplifted.
(ii) Agree to the principle of charging for care and support services provided to carers who meet the eligibility criteria for services in their own right but that no changes be introduced for the 2016/17 financial year; and
(iii) Agree the introduction of a scheme, in accordance with the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, whereby some or all of a Disabled Facilities Grant may be recoverable via the placing of a local land charge where a person in receipt of a grant has a financial interest in the property, in line with the conditions set out in paragraphs 6.4 and 6.5 of the report and with effect from April 2016.