3. The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows—
(a)in regulation 6 (personal expenses allowance for residents or temporary residents provided with accommodation in a care home), for “£24.40” substitute “£24.90”;
(b)in regulation 7 (minimum income guaranteed amount for other adults and carers whose needs are being met otherwise than by the provision of accommodation in a care home)—
(i)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£82.95” substitute “£83.65”;
(ii)in paragraph (2)(a), for “£71.70” substitute “£72.40”;
(iii)in paragraphs (2)(b) and (3), for “£90.50” substitute “£91.40”;
(iv)in paragraph (2)(c), for “£185.45” substitute “£189.00”;
(v)in paragraph (4)(a), for “£71.05” substitute “£71.80”;
(vi)in paragraph (4)(b), for “£141.55” substitute “£144.30”;
(vii)in paragraph (5)(a), for “£39.85” substitute “£40.35”;
(viii)in paragraph (5)(b), for “£19.45” substitute “£19.70”;
(ix)in paragraph (6)(a), for “£28.35” substitute “£28.75”;
(x)in paragraph (6)(b), for “£13.95” substitute “£14.15”;
(xi)in paragraph (7), for “£42.75” substitute “£43.25”;
(c)in regulation 7, after paragraph (9) insert—
“(10) For the purposes of this regulation, the adult concerned is a single person if the adult neither has a partner nor is a lone parent.”;
(d)in paragraph 15 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (2), for “paragraph 46” substitute “paragraph 45”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (3)(e), for “resident” substitute “adult”;
(e)in paragraph 45 of Part 2 of Schedule 1—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “the adult” substitute “a person” and for “the adult’s”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “the person’s”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “the adult” substitute “the resident” and for “the adult’s” substitute “the resident’s”;
(f)in paragraph 46 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, for “15(2)” substitute “15”.