Homecare Providers Operating

Request

Number and distribution of homecare providers:

1. The total number of homecare (domiciliary care) providers operating within your local authority area, broken down by year from 2020 to 2025. 

2. If possible, please provide the number of providers by locality, district, or area served (for example by ward or care commissioning area).


 

Decision

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.  

 

 

  1. The total number of homecare (domiciliary care) providers operating within your local authority area, broken down by year from 2020 to 2025. 

 

 

 

Answer:

Lincolnshire County Council contracted with the number of Home Care providers in the years listed below

 

2020

8

2021

8

2022

9

2023

9

2024

9

2025

9

 

  1. If possible, please provide the number of providers by locality, district, or area served (for example by ward or care commissioning area).

Answer:

The 11 areas where the Prime Providers operate are: Spalding, Gainsborough, Boston, Lincoln South, Hykeham, Market Rasen, Grantham, Stamford and Bourne, Louth, Lincoln, and Skegness. This contract has been in place since 2021. Details of the providers is available publicly on the Contracts Register, which is available here:

 

Link: Contracts register

Reference number
14134193
Date request received
19 November 2025
Date of decision
15 October 2025