The National Care Standards Commission (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations 2001

Annual fees

5.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), the annual fee which shall be payable by the registered provider in respect of an establishment or agency, by the relevant person(1) in respect of a boarding school, a further education college or residential special school, or by a local authority in respect of a local authority fostering service, specified in column (1) of the Table below—

(a) shall be—

(i) in a case where no amount is specified in column (3) or (4), the amount specified in column (2);

(ii) in any other case, the sum of the amount specified in column (2) and the amounts specified in column (3), and (if applicable) column (4), multiplied by the number of approved places specified in respect of that column; and

(b) shall first be payable in accordance with column (5) (“the first date ”), and thereafter shall be payable on the anniversary of the first date.

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)	Column (4)	Column (5)
Establishment, agency, school or college, local authority fostering service	Flat rate payable in all cases	Rate payable for each approved place from the 4th to the 29th place inclusive	Rate payable for the 30th and each subsequent approved place	First annual fee due on:
(a) Care home	£150	£50	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act or the 1989 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(b) Children’s home	£500	£50	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act or the 1989 Act(2); (b) in the case of an existing provider, where an annual fee has not previously been payable under the 1989 Act, 1 April 2002; (c) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (d) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(c) Fostering agency	£1,000			On 1 April 2003, or on the date on which the certificate is issued, whichever is the later.
(d) Hospice	£150	£50	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(e) Acute hospital or mental health hospital	£2,500	£100	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(f) Hospital using prescribed techniques or prescribed technology	£750	£100	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(g) Hospital providing listed services	£1,000	£100	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(h) Independent clinic or independent medical agency	£1,000			(a) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (b) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(i) Residential family centre	£400	£50	£50	(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1984 Act or the 1989 Act; (b) in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1 April 2003; and (c) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(j) Domiciliary care agency	£750			On 1 April 2003, or on the date on which the certificate is issued, whichever is the later.
(k) Nurses agency	£500			(a) in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary first occurring after 1 July 2002 of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the 1957 Act; and (b) in the case of a new provider, on the date on which the certificate is issued.
(l) Boarding school and further education college	£250	£15	£7.50	In the case of a school or college which is providing accommodation for any child on the date on which these Regulations come into force, on 1 September 2002 and, in all other cases, on the establishment of the school or college.
(m) Residential special school	£400	£40	£20	In the case of a school which is providing accommodation for any child on the date on which these Regulations come into force, on 1 September 2002 and, in all other cases, on the establishment of the school.
(n) Local authority fostering service	£1,000			In the case of a local authority which is discharging relevant fostering functions on the date on which these Regulations come into force, on 1 April 2002, and in all other cases, on the date on which such functions are first discharged.

(2) In the case of a care home which is an adult placement home, or a care home which is a small establishment, the annual fee shall be limited to the sum of £100.

(3) In the case of an establishment which is a small establishment, other than a care home which is a small establishment, the annual fee shall be limited to the flat rate specified in column (2).

(4) In the case of an agency which is a small agency, the annual fee payable shall be 50 per cent. of the flat rate specified in column (2).

(5) Where an independent hospital falls into more than one of the categories listed in paragraphs (1)(d), (e), (f) or (g) of the Table above, the category that applies to it for the purposes of this regulation shall be the category with the highest flat rate fee payable as set out in column (2) of paragraphs (1)(d), (e), (f) or (g).

(1)

Relevant person is defined in section 87(11) of the 1989 Act, as inserted by section 105 of the Care Standards Act 2000.

(2)

An annual fee is payable in respect of a children’s home registered under Part VIII of the 1989 Act. However, an annual fee is not payable in respect of a voluntary home i.e. a home which is registered in a register kept for the purposes of section 60 of the 1989 Act.