Decision details

Adult Social Care Fee Uplifts - 2019/20

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Purpose:

Lancashire County Council supports approximately 30,000 carers and adults in community and residential based settings, at an annual net cost of approximately £331 million per year.

 

This report sets out the county council's proposed fee uplifts for adult social care providers for 2019/20. However, it should be noted that the county council is currently using structural reserve funding and faces continued financial pressures.  Notwithstanding these pressures, the county council continues to increase fees to support Lancashire providers.

 

The uplifts proposed in this report are a weighted average of national living wage, pension auto-enrolment and other inflationary factors, and are subtly different across services and fee levels due to their differing cost bases.

 

This is deemed to be a Key Decision and the provisions of Standing Order C19 have been complied with.

Decision:

Cabinet approved the recommendations as set out in the report.

Reason Key: Expenditure > £1,500,000;

Divisions Affected: (All Divisions);

Contact: John Sleightholme Email: john.Sleightholme@lancashire.gov.uk.

Date of decision: 03/12/2018

Effective from: 07/12/2018