Charge rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority for Adult Social Care commissioned through private domiciliary care providers - Find a freedom of information request

1. The lowest and highest (based on the standard daytime week-day rate) charge rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority for Adult Social Care commissioned through private domiciliary care providers. Please provide data from the most recently available financial year.

2. The lowest and highest (based on the standard hourly rate) charge rates per hour of supported living charged to the local authority for Adult Social Care commissioned through private supported living providers. Please provide data from the most recently available financial year.

3. When you anticipate re-tendering for:

• Homecare services for Adult Social Care
• Supported Living services for Adults
• Extra Care services for Adults
• Learning Disability services
• Mental Health support services

4. The names of the current Domiciliary Care Providers commissioned in your authority to deliver Adult Social Care.

5. The names of the current Supported Living Providers commissioned in your authority to deliver Adult Social Care.

6. The contact name, email address and contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority.

7. The contact name, email address and contact number of the person responsible for commissioning supported living services in your authority.

8. Is the local authority currently working with health partners to commission any of the above care services, and if so, who are they?

9. The authority's current market positioning statement for Adult Social Care.

1.

• £20.70 lowest
• £27.80 highest

2. Through the CSL Framework, the ceiling rate is £20.70 and the lowest rate is £18.85. The rate for floating support is £21.27.

3. There are multiple contracts that come under these headings, and in many cases no final decisions have been made as to when re-tendering will commence. The exception for this is Day Care Services for which the tender documents will be published in May 2024.

All contracted providers are published on the Contracts Register. Details of current contracts is publicly available on the Contracts Register, which can be accessed at https://procontract.due-north.com. You will need to register to access the site, but this is free to complete.

As such, this information is exempt from disclosure in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which provides that a public authority need not comply with a request for disclosure under the Act where that information is reasonably accessible by other means.

4. All contracted providers are published on the Contracts Register. This information is publicly available on the Contracts Register, which can be accessed at https://procontract.due-north.com. You will need to register to access the site, but this is free to complete.

5. All contracted providers are published on the Contracts Register. This information is publicly available on the Contracts Register, which can be accessed at https://procontract.due-north.com. You will need to register to access the site, but this is free to complete.

6. Julie Davidson, Interim Assistant Director, Adult Care and Community Wellbeing

Julie.davidson@lincolnshire.gov.uk

7. Justin Hackney, Assistant Director, Adult Care and Community Wellbeing

Justin.hackney@lincolnshire.gov.uk

8. Yes, the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

9. This is available publicly at https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/directory-record/66246/market-position-statement-. An updated Market Position Statement is currently in development and will be published in due course.