Prices paid to independent and voluntary sector Homecare Providers for the provision of regulated Homecare service - Find a freedom of information request

Q1.  We ask you to provide the information described below, including the prices paid to independent and voluntary sector Homecare Providers for the provision of regulated Homecare services delivered to people aged 65 years and over in their own home during the seven-day Reference Period which includes: Monday 14 April 2025.

(a) lowest rate per hour paid to any individual Homecare Provider during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour.

(b) highest rate per hour paid to any individual Homecare Provider during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour.

(c)  average ('arithmetic mean') rate per hour paid to all Homecare Providers for all Homecare services purchased during the Reference Period, expressed in pounds and pence per hour.

(d) total hours of Homecare purchased from all Homecare Providers during the Reference Period (i.e. any period of seven consecutive days which includes Monday 14 April 2025).

(e) total hours of Homecare purchased from all Homecare Providers during a seven-day period which includes Monday 15 April

2024 (i.e. the figure which provides a like-for-like comparison with item (d), above, for the previous year).

(f)   total spend on Homecare services purchased from all Homecare Providers during the Reference Period.

(g) total number of Homecare Providers that delivered the total hours of Homecare purchased during the Reference Period (as specified in item (d), above).

(h) total number of people aged 65 years and over that received Homecare services from Homecare Providers during the Reference Period.

(i)   A brief description of the type of contracts you currently hold with Homecare Providers (i.e. whether they are block contracts, lead provider contracts, framework contracts, spot contracts, etc.).

Questions (a)-(i) refer to Homecare

services. Questions (j) and (k) refer to Direct Payments.

(j)   2025-26 rate per hour for a Direct Payment, expressed in pounds and pence per hour. If you have more than one Direct Payment rate per hour, please select the rate paid to a recipient

to employ a personal assistant (PA). If you have more than one Direct Payment PA rate per hour, please provide all such rates.

(k)  total number of adults in receipt of a Direct Payment as of: (I) 1 April 2024
and (II) 1 April 2025 (or dates as close to these as possible).

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

Homecare Services

a) £20.70

b) £27.80

c) £23.80

d) 22,887.87

e) 23,587.68

f) £544,074.41

g) 9

h) 1742

i) Block, Framework, Spot & Prime Providers which is the same as Lead Providers Direct Payments

j) DP's are calculated on an individual basis - there is no DP rate per hour

k) 2024 – 1405 2025 - 1644