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Emergency respite care: Determination of funding additional to the Carers' Grant for 2007-08, and guidelines to local authorities

This guidance relates directly to the £25m made available to local authorities in England from 1 October 2007 and is paid in addition to the Carers' Grant. This money has been provided expressly to underpin the development of services to provide emergency cover for unpaid carers who, for reasons of an emergency or personal crisis are unable for a short period to continue to provide care. The policy was first signalled in Our health, our care, our say in January 2006 and formally announced as part of the New Deal for Carers on 21st February 2007.

• Download Determination of grant (PDF, 217K)
• Download guidelines for local authorities (PDF, 111K)