Standard weekly fee rates your authority pays to independent sector care homes for older people in the 2026-27 financial year

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: £729.00)

2. Residential care ' dementia / EMI (2025-26: £805.00)

3. Nursing care ' standard (2025-26: £806.00)

4. Nursing care ' dementia / EMI (2025-26: £806.00)



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.

Questions 1 – 4.

Lincolnshire County Council Operate three rate bands:

Standard Residential OP - £767

High Dependency OP - £848

Nursing - £849

5. The nursing rate does not include the FNC part this is separate.

Questions 6 & 7.

These are weekly rates which changed from the 01/04/2026