Care England Calls for Adult Social Care Premises to Be Excluded from High Value Council Tax Surcharge

Care England has written to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, urging the Government to formally exclude adult social care premises from the proposed High Value Council Tax Surcharge, nicknamed the Mansion Tax.

In the letter, Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, makes clear that care homes are not high-value private housing assets but essential public service infrastructure, delivering statutory care and support predominantly funded by local authorities and the NHS.

Care England warns that including care homes within scope would impose an estimated £25 million to £33 million per year in additional costs nationally. As care homes deliver statutory services on behalf of the state and are largely funded through public commissioning, applying the surcharge would amount to levying a charge on public service infrastructure, rather than raising revenue from private wealth.

The organisation has called for explicit confirmation that adult social care premises will be excluded in full, rather than relying on a future consultation process.
The full open letter is available here High-Value-Council-Tax-Surcharge-and-adult-social-care-premises.pdf