Rate/fees, paid to care agencies providing domiciliary care for either adults or children. - Find a freedom of information request

1. For the current financial year 2023/24, details of the lowest, highest and average rate/fee, paid to care agencies providing domiciliary care for either adults or children.

Where applicable please provide those separate rates for:

15 minute calls,

Half hourly calls,

Hourly calls,

Overnight calls

Question 1a - For the current financial year 2023/24, details of the lowest, highest and average rate/fee, paid to care agencies providing specialist needs care for either adults or children.

Where applicable please provide those separate rates for:

15 minute calls,

Half hourly calls,

Hourly calls,

Overnight calls

Please note some points of clarification:

-The term "specialist needs care" is referring to where agencies are needed to provide care staff/nurses who have the necessary required training/knowledge/equipment to cover caring for patients with certain special needs or requirements. (Examples being patients

who have severe brain injuries or dementia.)

- The answer for question 1 may answer question 1a as well. Some councils domiciliary care fees and rates will already cover care for persons with more particular specialist needs/requirements.

- Notably where some councils have a pure flat rate for domiciliary care, this rate may not cover paying for carers who have the requisite specialist training necessary equipment for certain care.

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.

1-1a. Domiciliary (homecare) hourly rates for 23-24:

Extra Care Hourly Rate £19.00

Urban Hourly Rate £21.35

Rural Hourly Rate £22.80

Isolated Hourly Rate £25.65

Average Hourly Rate £22.20

Childrens Services

Overnight calls are not delivered as children live with their parents.

As of July 23 Paid price per hour for all children (up to age 18) domiciliary care packages (of whom we have start dates), includes social inclusion and personal care within the home:

Lowest: £21.20

Highest: £28.02

Average from all active packages: £24.10

Bank holiday delivery is an exception; however, the average hourly rate is: £32.96

Paid price per hour for all our children (up to 18) specialist* domiciliary care packages (of whom we have start dates), who require 2 carers and includes social inclusion and personal care within the home:

Lowest: £21.78

Highest: £28.02

Average from all active packages of children requiring 2 carers from provider: £23.56

Bank holiday delivery is an exception; however, the average hourly rate is: £29.35 

*The numbers of carers required for the packages have been differentiated and so if the package has 2 carers, this has been classed as specialist care