Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adults

Forward Plan Ref: 2026/079

Key decision

Contact: Jake Finley, Project Manager

Jake.finley@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by the Director of Adult Social Care

The Adult Social Care (ASC) Charging Policy Review is a major programme to modernise, align and consolidate Oxfordshire County Council’s charging arrangements across three core areas: Disability Related Expenditure (DRE), Transport Charging, and Telecare Charging. The project brings previously separate policies together into a single, coherent ASC Charging Policy to improve fairness, transparency, sustainability, and financial viability for the Council and service users.

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to

Note the contents of this report and confirm its agreement for

a.    Reducing the initial Disability Related Expenditure (DRE) allowance from 35% to 25% which is the level that was in place before April 2022,

b.    Introducing an Adult Social Care Transport Policy (Annex 2) that explains the council’s approach to transport and sets out a flat rate of £10 per day for transport arranged by Adult Social Care,

c.    Charge all people using the telecare the actual cost of the service at £9.87 per week.