Personal Care at Home Act 2010
The Bill will provide for those with the greatest care needs to be offered free personal care at home.
Existing powers allow local authorities to provide certain community care services free of charge for up to six weeks. The Bill will remove this time limit in respect of personal care at home for those in the greatest need.
The Government estimates that the Bill would help around 400,000 people with care needs and guarantee free personal care for the 280,000 people with the greatest need. The legislation is intended to be the first step towards establishing a new National Care Service.
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Commons
1st reading
25 Nov 2009
Commons
2nd reading
14 Dec 2009
Commons
Programme motion
14 Dec 2009
Commons
Money resolution
14 Dec 2009
Commons
Committee stage
12 Jan 2010
Commons
3rd reading
12 Jan 2010
Lords
1st reading
13 Jan 2010
Lords
2nd reading
01 Feb 2010
Lords
Committee stage
22 Feb 2010
Lords
Report stage
17 Mar 2010
Lords
3rd reading
24 Mar 2010
Commons
Consideration of Lords amendments
30 Mar 2010
Lords
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
08 Apr 2010
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Royal Assent
08 Apr 2010
DocumentsOpen on parliament.uk →
Act of ParliamentAmendment PaperBillBill proceedings: Commons
Personal Care at Home Act 2010 c.18
text/html · 09 Apr 2010
Marshalled List for Consideration of Commons Reasons
text/html · 08 Apr 2010
HL Bill 49 09-10 Commons Reasons
application/pdf · 01 Apr 2010
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendment as at 30th March 2010
text/html · 31 Mar 2010