PART 4Annual Fees

Children's homes23

1

F2Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (1B), the annual fee payable in respect of a children's home is—

a

where the home has 3 or fewer approved places, F8£3744;

b

where the home has between 4 and F416 approved places,

i

F9£3744, plus

ii

F6£373 for each approved place from the 4th to the F516th inclusive;

c

where the home has more than F716 approved places, F3£8629.

F11A

The annual fee payable in respect of a multi-building children’s home is—

a

where there are 3 or fewer approved places, F10£5615;

b

where there are between 4 and 6 approved places,

i

F11£5615, plus

ii

F12£373 for each approved place from the 4th to the 6th inclusive.

1B

The fees payable in respect of a multi-building children’s home do not apply to the following—

a

a school which is a children’s home under section 1(6) of the Care Standards Act 2000; and

b

a secure children’s home.

2

The annual fee in respect of a children's home is payable—

a

in the case of an existing provider, on the anniversary of the date on which the annual fee was payable under the Registered Homes Act 1984 Act or the Children Act 1989;

b

in the case of an existing provider, where an annual fee was not previously payable under the Children Act 1989, on 1st April in each year;

c

in the case of a previously exempt provider, on 1st April in each year;

d

in the case of a new provider if the certificate was issued before 1st April 2015, on the anniversary of the date of issue of the certificate;

e

otherwise, on the date on which the certificate is issued and thereafter on the anniversary of that date.