b'Annex B: Treatment of capital. Annex C: Treatment of income. Annex D: Recovery of debts. Annex E: Deprivation of assets. Annex F: Temporary and short-term residents in care homes. These changes follow the Dilnot Report in 2011 which made several key recommendations: introducing a cap on an individuals lifetime contribution towards their social care costs to be set somewhere between 25,000 and 50,000 (35,000 is recommended as being appropriate and fair); increasing the current means-tested support asset threshold for those in residential care from 23,250 to 100,000; Individuals who are born with a care and support need or develop one in early life, should be immediately eligible for free state support; national eligibility criteria and portable assessments should be introduced to ensure greater consistency; and individuals should contribute a flat and fixed contribution to their basic living costs, such as food and accommodation, in residential care. This is suggested to be set at a figure in the range of 7,000 to 10,000 a year. The new statutory regime and CASS Guidance is intended to codify and consolidate rather than replace the pre-existing law regarding local authority charges for social care, and should in no way to be read as introducing any new requirement to charge where this did not already exist before, but rather sets out the aims that a charging policy should be meeting. The CASS Guidance should be taken into consideration when reviewing a local authoritys ability to charge for social services. In particular, the guidance relating to the appropriateness of charging a flat rate rather than an income-based cost. There is also a reminder that persons who are in receipt of certain benefits, or with an income the same or lower than that which a person would receive if they were in receipt of certain benefits, should not be asked to contribute towards to cost of the services. The 2014 Act is now in force with the exception of a number of important provisions referred to above. It confers new responsibilities on local authorities, including responsibility for ensuring that people who live in their areas receive the services they need, can get information and advice about care and support and have a range of providers to choose from. The majority of Part 1 of the 2014 Act (sections 1 to 73) introduces significant reform of the adult social care system in England and Wales, and is intended to consolidate existing care and support law into a single statute. Part 1 provisions are to be introduced in two phases, with the first phase already in force and the second phase, at the time of writing, due in April 2020, introducing a cap on the maximum amount an individual must pay towards their costs of care. The 2014 Act itself and its implications for local authorities generally is beyond the scope of this publication. However, the key provisions on charging and trading are set out below. 143'