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Question

I am writing to request the standard weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent-sector care homes for older people in the 2026-27 financial year.

Specifically, for each of the four categories below, please state the standard weekly rate effective in 2026-27:

1. Residential care — standard (2025-26: £897.00)

2. Residential care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £994.00)

3. Nursing care — standard (2025-26: £990.08)

4. Nursing care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £1032.08)

Please also answer the following, which take one line each:

5. Are the two nursing rates quoted INCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE of the NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution?

6. Are the rates weekly or daily?

7. From what date do they take effect?

Where your authority pays a band or range rather than a single rate, please give the standard or most commonly paid rate and note the range. Where a category is not commissioned separately, please say so — that is a complete answer and I do not need an estimate.

Answer

I am writing to request the standard weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent-sector care homes for older people in the 2026-27 financial year.

Specifically, for each of the four categories below, please state the standard weekly rate effective in 2026-27:

1. Residential care — standard (2025-26: £897.00) - £942

2. Residential care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £994.00) - £1045

3. Nursing care — standard (2025-26: £990.08) - £1039.61

4. Nursing care — dementia / EMI (2025-26: £1032.08) - £1084.61

Please also answer the following, which take one line each:

5. Are the two nursing rates quoted INCLUSIVE or EXCLUSIVE of the NHS-funded nursing care (FNC) contribution? exculsive

6. Are the rates weekly or daily? weekly

7. From what date do they take effect? 01/04/2026