·         in principle adoption of a zero % fee uplift for all commissioned provision outside of the Council’s contractual requirements to older people (OP) block care homes

·         payment of contractual uplifts on two OP block contracts at a maximum cost of £382.6k (to be adjusted in line with change in Funded Nursing Care (FNC) payment from £158.16 in 2018-19 to £165.56 in 2019-2020 but the total cost be no more than £382.6k)

·         to pay up to maximum 2% increase for 2019-2020 for the Council’s three preferred domiciliary care providers on receipt of evidence of commercial pressures from changes in law.

·         on receipt of sufficient evidence of requirement for uplift and on a case by case basis to pay increases for the cost impact resulting from legislative changes, including 4.9% increase in National Living Wage in 2019-2020 and particularly for existing Direct Payment packages which have not had a routine fee increase in the last two years.