Research and analysis

Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund 2025 to 2026: care provider fees

Data and analysis of fees paid to care providers by local authorities, reported as part of the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund.

Applies to England

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The 3 target areas for the聽Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund聽(MSIF)听补谤别:

  • increasing fee rates paid to adult social care providers in local areas
  • increasing adult social care workforce capacity and retention
  • reducing adult social care waiting times

Local authorities were required to report data on local authority fee rates for adult social care providers in the financial years 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 as part of聽MSIF. The purpose is to find out how much the聽MSIF聽grant and broader local government funding is having an impact in helping local care markets through fee uplifts (increases).

See聽the聽initial reporting template on the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund 2025 to 2026聽page for the questions used to collect the fee rates.

This publication updates the聽2024 to 2025 fee rates聽published in October 2024.

This report is a continuation of聽similar reports published as part of the improved Better Care Fund (iBCF). It additionally includes local authority fee rates and fee rate uplifts for external providers of supported living, care homes without nursing for clients aged 18 to 64, and care homes with nursing for clients aged 18 to 64.

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Published 21 August 2025

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