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Public Bill Committee: 9 January 2014                  

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Norman Lamb

 

1

 

Clause  7,  page  8,  line  23,  leave out subsection (6).

 

 

Liz Kendall

 

Mr Jamie Reed

 

84

 

Clause  10,  page  9,  line  41,  after ‘adult’, insert ‘or an individual under the age of 18

 

with caring responsibilities’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Mr Jamie Reed

 

85

 

Clause  10,  page  9,  line  42,  after ‘(an “adult needing care”)’, insert ‘or a disabled

 

child’.

 

 

Liz Kendall

 

Mr Jamie Reed

 

86

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  47,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

specify when an assessment must be carried out face to face.’.

 

Liz Kendall

 

Mr Jamie Reed

 

87

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  47,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

require joint working with organisations with appropriate expertise in

 

exercising local authorities’ functions under sections 9, 10 and 11.’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

Heather Wheeler

 

Sarah Newton

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Dr Sarah Wollaston

 

37

 

Clause  13,  page  13,  line  31,  leave out subsection (7) and insert—

 

‘(7)    

Needs meet the eligibility criteria when—

 

(a)    

 

(i)    

there is, or will be, an inability to carry out several personal care

 

or domestic routines and/or

 

(ii)    

the individual will be unable to maintain control over several

 

aspects of their day-to-day life or;

 

(iii)    

involvement in several aspects of work, education, training or

 

recreation cannot or will not be sustained; and/or

 
 

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(iv)    

several domestic, family and personal relationships cannot or

 

will not be sustained; and/or

 

(v)    

there is a risk of abuse or neglect,

 

(b)    

they form part of a combination of needs described in paragraph (a).’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

38

 

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  9,  at end insert ‘and in assessing the cost a local authority

 

incurs, it must (unless either Condition 2 in section 18, or either Condition 2 or Condition

 

4 in section 20, is met) ignore the cost it incurs (directly or indirectly) in assessing that

 

need under sections 9 or 10.’.

 

Paul Burstow

 

39

 

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Where a local authority that meets an individual’s needs under sections 18 to 20

 

is satisfied that the individual’s means are insufficient for it to be reasonably

 

practicable for the individual to pay the amount which would otherwise be

 

charged, the authority shall not require the individual to pay more for it than it

 

appears to them that is it reasonably practicable to be paid.’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

40

 

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  32,  after the first ‘adult’, insert ‘(or someone acting on the

 

adult’s behalf if the adult lacks capacity to arrange for the provision of care)’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

53

 

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  28,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘should’.

 

Paul Burstow

 

54

 

Clause  19,  page  18,  line  28,  after ‘needs’, insert ‘and their carer’s needs’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

41

 

Clause  22,  page  20,  line  32,  after ‘is’ insert ‘authorised or’.

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment seeks to introduce wording which replicates the terms used in other legislation

 

on the boundaries between social and health care in order to meet the concerns of the Joint

 
 

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Committee on the draft Bill about a court’s likely interpretation of any substantive differences

 

introduced by this Bill.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

88

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  26,  page  24,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Where the needs are to be met through a direct payment, the costs to the local

 

authority must mean the costs to the adult of meeting those needs.’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

89

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  28,  page  25,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

The specified costs to the local authority must mean the costs to the adult of the

 

meeting their eligible needs.’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

42

 

Clause  42,  page  38,  line  13,  at end add ‘if the local authority has reason to believe

 

enquiries are being impeded such that it cannot determine whether any action is necessary

 

it shall record whether or not an application for an adult safeguarding access order was

 

considered or made under section [ ].’.

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

2

 

Clause  60,  page  51,  line  37,  leave out ‘”Parent” and “carer” each have’ and insert

 

‘”Carer” has’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

43

 

Clause  61,  page  51,  line  39,  after ‘child’, insert ‘has or’.

 

Paul Burstow

 

44

 

Clause  61,  page  51,  line  40,  leave out ‘after the child becomes 18’.

 
 

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Paul Burstow

 

45

 

Clause  61,  page  51,  line  41,  leave out ‘significant’.

 

Paul Burstow

 

46

 

Clause  61,  page  51,  line  44,  at beginning insert ‘where the child is 16 or over’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

3

 

Clause  61,  page  52,  line  20,  leave out ‘with “parent” having the meaning given in

 

section 59’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

47

 

Clause  62,  page  53,  line  10,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

 

Norman Lamb

 

4

 

Clause  62,  page  53,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

Where, in the case of a carer to whom a child’s carer’s assessment relates, the

 

child becomes 18, the local authority must decide whether to treat the assessment

 

as a carer’s assessment; and if the authority decides to do so, this Part applies to

 

the child’s carer’s assessment as if it were a carer’s assessment that had been

 

carried out after the child had become 18.

 

(5B)    

In considering what to decide under subsection (5A), a local authority must have

 

regard to—

 

(a)    

when the child’s carer’s assessment was carried out, and

 

(b)    

whether it appears to the authority that the circumstances of the carer to

 

whom the child’s carer’s assessment relates have changed in a way that

 

might affect the assessment.’.

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

5

 

Clause  63,  page  53,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

“Carer” has the same meaning as in section 61.’.

 

 

 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

6

 

Clause  64,  page  54,  line  20,  leave out subsection (7).

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

7

 

Clause  65,  page  55,  line  40,  leave out subsection (9).

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

8

 

Clause  67,  page  56,  leave out lines 43 to 46 and insert—

 

‘(1)    

Subsections (2) to (4) apply where a local authority in England providing

 

services for a child in need in the exercise of functions conferred by

 

section 17—

 

(a)    

are required by section 59(1) or 64(1) of the Care Act 2014 to

 

carry out a child’s needs assessment or young carer’s assessment

 

in relation to the child, or

 

(b)    

are required by section 61(1) of that Act to carry out a child’s

 

carer’s assessment in relation to a carer of the child.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

9

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  1,  leave out ‘requested’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

10

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  3,  after ‘60(6)’ insert ‘, 62(5A)’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

11

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  7,  leave out ‘requested’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

12

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  9,  after ‘60(6)’ insert ‘, 62(5A)’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

13

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  15,  leave out ‘decide to comply with the request but’.

 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

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Clause  67,  page  57,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Subsection (5) applies where a local authority in England providing

 

services for a child in need in the exercise of functions conferred by

 

section 17—

 

(a)    

receive a request for a child’s needs assessment or young carer’s

 

assessment to be carried out in relation to the child or for a

 

child’s carer’s assessment to be carried out in relation to a carer

 

of the child, but

 

(b)    

have yet to be required by section 59(1), 61(1) or 64(1) of the

 

Care Act 2014 to carry out the assessment.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

15

 

Clause  67,  page  57,  line  38,  after first ‘assessment”,’ insert ‘“child’s carer’s

 

assessment”,’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

16

 

Clause  67,  page  58,  leave out lines 11 to 13 and insert—

 

‘(1)    

Subsections (2) to (4) apply where a local authority in England making

 

arrangements for a disabled child under section 2 are required by section

 

59(1) of the Care Act 2014 to carry out a child’s needs assessment in

 

relation to the child.’.

 

Norman Lamb

 

17

 

Clause  67,  page  58,  line  14,  leave out ‘requested’

 

Norman Lamb

 

18

 

Clause  67,  page  58,  line  20,  leave out ‘requested’

 

Norman Lamb

 

19

 

Clause  67,  page  58,  line  27,  leave out ‘decide to comply with the request but’

 

Norman Lamb

 

20

 

Clause  67,  page  58,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Subsection (5) applies where a local authority in England making

 

arrangements for a disabled child under section 2—

 

(a)    

receive a request for a child’s needs assessment to be carried out

 

in relation to the child, but

 

(b)    

have yet to be required by section 59(1) of the Care Act 2014 to

 

carry out the assessment.’.

 
 

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Norman Lamb

 

21

 

Clause  67,  page  59,  line  6,  leave out subsection (4).

 

 

Norman Lamb

 

22

 

Clause  79,  page  71,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘Child’s carer’s assessment

Section 61(2)

 
 

Child’s needs assessment

Section 59(2)’.

 
 

Norman Lamb

 

23

 

Clause  79,  page  71,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘Parent

Section 59(6)’.

 
 

Norman Lamb

 

24

 

Clause  79,  page  72,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

“Young carer

Section 64(6)

 
 

Young carer’s assessment

Section 64(2)”

 
 

 

Paul Burstow

 

48

 

Clause  81,  page  72,  line  34,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

Regulations must make provision for—

 

(a)    

the definition of “significant improvement”, and

 

(b)    

the assessment of progress towards the improvements so specified.’.

 

 

Paul Burstow

 

49

 

Clause  88,  page  79,  line  18,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Member’s explanatory statement

 

This amendment is one of a number intended, collectively, to restore the powers of the Care

 

Quality Commission to review or investigate local authority social care provision or

 
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