Closes 20 Jan 2025
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We provisionally propose that there should be a single statutory duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children.
Do consultees agree?
We provisionally propose that the single statutory duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children should be subject to national eligibility criteria.
We invite consultees’ views on what the essential features of any national eligibility criteria should be.
We invite local authority consultees to provide copies of any eligibility criteria they apply to disabled children’s social care.
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We provisionally propose that the single statutory duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children should take precedence over any other powers and duties which could be used to provide the services.
We invite consultees’ views on the residence requirements that should apply to the single statutory duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children.
We invite consultees’ views on whether disabled facilities grants should be provided under the single statutory duty to meet the social care needs of disabled children.
We provisionally propose that there should be powers to meet needs:
(1) that do not satisfy the national eligibility criteria; and
(2) pending an assessment of needs.
We provisionally propose that there should continue to be a power to meet the needs of parents and carers.
