Timeliness of Adult Social Care Fee Uplifts
Case reference FOI2026/02279
Received 22 September 2026
Published 16 October 2026
Request
Please find the following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the timing of deciding and communicating social care fee uplifts to social care providers.
Q1) Please complete the following table with the dates (DD/MM/YY) that finalised social care fee uplifts were decided by the local authority or officer for the following financial years and service types. If your local authority provides bespoke uplifts only through costing exercises, please provide the dates on which the first uplift was agreed, along with the dates on which the fifth-from-last package was agreed.
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
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2025/26 |
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2024/25 |
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2023/24 |
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Q2) Please complete the following table with the dates (DD/MM/YY) that finalised social care fee uplifts were communicated to care providers by the local authority or officer for the following financial years and service types. If your local authority provides bespoke uplifts only through costing exercises, please provide the dates on which the first uplift was agreed, along with the dates on which the fifth-from-last package was agreed.
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
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2025/26 |
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2024/25 |
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2023/24 |
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Q3) Please outline whether your local authority has any policy around the timing of its annual adult social care fee review, or any KPI around the same issue.
Q4) Please complete the following table with the percentage of social care packages where fee uplifts were communicated to care providers before April the 1st for the following financial years and service types.
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
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2025/26 |
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2024/25 |
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2023/24 |
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Q5) Please complete the following table showing the number of care packages commissioned by your local authority where an uplift is yet to be agreed for the 2026/27 financial year as of the 22nd of September 2026.
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65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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Number of uplifts yet to be agreed |
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Response
Please find the following request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the timing of deciding and communicating social care fee uplifts to social care providers.
Q1) Please complete the following table with the dates (DD/MM/YY) that finalised social care fee uplifts were decided by the local authority or officer for the following financial years and service types. If your local authority provides bespoke uplifts only through costing exercises, please provide the dates on which the first uplift was agreed, along with the dates on which the fifth-from-last package was agreed.
Answer:
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
2nd April 2026 |
2nd April 2026 |
2nd April 2026 |
2nd April 2026 |
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2025/26 |
13th February 2025 |
13th February 2025 |
13th February 2025 |
13th February 2025 |
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2024/25 |
18th March 2024 |
18th March 2024 |
18th March 2024 |
18th March 2024 |
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2023/24 |
9th March 2023 |
9th March 2023 |
9th March 2023 |
9th March 2023 |
Q2) Please complete the following table with the dates (DD/MM/YY) that finalised social care fee uplifts were communicated to care providers by the local authority or officer for the following financial years and service types. If your local authority provides bespoke uplifts only through costing exercises, please provide the dates on which the first uplift was agreed, along with the dates on which the fifth-from-last package was agreed.
Answer:
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
20/3/26 (Out of county providers : 26/3/26) |
20/3/26 (Out of county providers : 26/3/26) |
23/03/26 |
20/3/26 |
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2025/26 |
13/3/25 |
13/3/25 |
13/03/25 |
13/3/25 |
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2024/25 |
Data not held |
Data not held |
Data not held |
Data not held |
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2023/24 |
09/03/23 |
09/03/23 |
09/03/23 |
09/03/23 |
Q3) Please outline whether your local authority has any policy around the timing of its annual adult social care fee review, or any KPI around the same issue.
Answer: No.
Q4) Please complete the following table with the percentage of social care packages where fee uplifts were communicated to care providers before April the 1st for the following financial years and service types.
Answer:
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Financial year |
65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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2026/27 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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2025/26 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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2024/25 |
Data not held |
Data not held |
Data not held |
Data not held |
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2023/24 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Q5) Please complete the following table showing the number of care packages commissioned by your local authority where an uplift is yet to be agreed for the 2026/27 financial year as of the 22nd of September 2026.
Answer:
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65+ Residential/Nursing |
Working age Residential/Nursing |
Supported Living |
Care at Home |
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Number of uplifts yet to be agreed |
36 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
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