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adult social care fee uplifts (FOI/8797)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 30 October 2026
Dear **********
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/8797.
Thank you for your request for information relating to adult social care fee uplifts.
Your Request
In relation to Nottinghamshire County Councils approach to 2026/27 adult social care fee uplifts, and specifically the treatment of packages with a weekly fee above £1,025.62, please provide the following information:
1. Copies of any reports, decision papers, policies, guidance, legal adviceother recorded information setting out the rationale and/or legal basis for the decision not to automatically apply the standard 2026/27 fee uplift to packages above £1,025.62 per week.
2. Details of the criteria used by the Council to determine whether a package above £1,025.62 per week may nevertheless receive an uplift.
3. Copies of any guidance, process documentsinternal instructions setting out how providers can request a review, reconsiderationappeal in respect of packages above this threshold.
4. The number of providers with packages above £1,025.62 per week that requested a reviewreconsideration of the Councils initial uplift position.
5. Of those providers, the number whose request resulted in an increased fee being awarded.
6. Please provide any recorded criteria, assessment methodologyreasons used by the Council when deciding to award an uplift to some packages above £1,025.62 per week but not others.
Our Response
Please see the attached document.
We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful.
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