Disclosure Log

Fee Increases Awarded to Adult Social Care Placements Exceeding 1,025.62 per Week (2026/27) (FOI/8586)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 24 September 2026

Dear **********
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/8586.
 
Thank you for your request for information relating to Fee Increases Awarded to Adult Social Care Placements Exceeding 1,025.62 per Week (2026/27).

Your Questions

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information relating to Nottinghamshire County Councils 2026/27 Adult Social Care fee review arrangements and, specifically, placements with weekly fees in excess of £1,025.62 per week.

For the purposes of this request, please include all residential, nursing, supported living and other adult social care placements funded by Nottinghamshire County Council where the weekly fee immediately prior to the 2026/27 fee review exceeded £1,025.62 per week.

1. Providers Receiving Fee Increases

Please confirm:

The total number of individual providers with placements above £1,025.62 per week.
The number of those providers that received any fee increase during the 2026/27 financial year.
The number of those providers that received no fee increase during the 2026/27 financial year.

2. Placements Receiving Fee Increases

Please confirm:

The total number of placements with weekly fees above £1,025.62 per week.
The number of those placements that received any fee increase during the 2026/27 financial year.
The number of those placements that received no fee increase during the 2026/27 financial year.

3. Average Increase

For all placements with fees above £1,025.62 per week, please provide:

The average percentage fee increase awarded during 2026/27.
The median percentage fee increase awarded during 2026/27.
The highest percentage fee increase awarded during 2026/27.
The lowest percentage fee increase awarded during 2026/27.

4. Distribution of Increases

Please provide the number of placements with fees above £1,025.62 per week falling within each of the following percentage increase bands:

Fee Increase Band Number of Placements0
Greater than 0 up to 1
Greater than 1 up to 2
Greater than 2 up to 3
Greater than 3 up to 4
Greater than 4 up to 5
Greater than 5 up to 6
Greater than 6 up to 7
Greater than 7 up to 8
Greater than 8 up to 9
Greater than 9 up to 10
Greater than 10

5. Provider-Level Analysis

For each provider with at least one placement above £1,025.62 per week, please provide:

Provider name;
Number of placements above £1,025.62 per week;
Number of placements receiving an increase;
Average percentage increase awarded across those placements.

If the Council believes provider names are exempt from disclosure, please provide the same data in anonymised form using unique provider identifiers.

6. Exceptional Circumstances Reviews

Please confirm:

The number of providers that applied for an Exceptional Circumstances review during 2026/27.
The number of applications approved.
The number of applications rejected.
The total number of placements that subsequently received an increase following an Exceptional Circumstances review.
The average percentage increase awarded following an Exceptional Circumstances review.

7. Total Financial Impact

Please provide:

The total annual value of fee increases awarded to placements with fees above £1,025.62 per week.
The total annual value of placements with fees above £1,025.62 per week that received no fee increase.

If any part of this request exceeds the appropriate cost limit, please provide the information that can be supplied within the limit and advise which elements would exceed the threshold.

I would prefer the information in Excel format where possible.

Our Response
 
Please find attached document

We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful.
 
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Chief Executives Department
Nottinghamshire County Council

 


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