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Charging interest on deferred amounts

In this section

  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Transition to Care Act requirements
  3. 3
    Definitions
  4. 4
    Information and advice about deferred payment agreements
  5. 5
    Mental capacity
  6. 6
    Eligibility criteria
  7. 7
    Adequate security
  8. 8
    Unregistered property
  9. 9
    Requirements for valuation of the secured property
  10. 10
    Maintenance, insurance and use of secured property
  11. 11
    Amount that can be deferred
  12. 12
    Equity limit
  13. 13
    Applications for a deferred payment agreement
  14. 14
    Refusing a request for a deferred payment agreement
  15. 15
    Financial assessment
  1. 16
    The deferred payment agreement
  2. 17
    Registering the charge over the secured property
  3. 18
    Payment of care costs
  4. 19
    When deferral of further care costs must or may cease
  5. 20
    Charging interest on deferred amounts
  6. 21
    Administrative fees and charges
  7. 22
    Provision of regular financial statements
  8. 23
    Terminating a deferred payment agreement
  9. 24
    Debt recovery
  10. 25
    Dissatisfaction and complaints
  11. 26
    Review
  12. 27
    APPENDIX 1 - Deferred Payment Agreement (Traditional)
  13. 28
    APPENDIX 2 - Deferred Payment Agreement (Loan style)
  14. 29
    Policy details

20.1    Interest will be charged on all deferred amounts including administrative fees and charges.  

20.2    Interest will accrue on a compound basis to the deferred amount and will continue to accrue on all deferred amounts until full repayment is received by the council. Compound interest will be calculated and applied daily.  

20.3    The interest rate charged will be the market gilts rate plus 0.15%.  The market gilts rate is variable and is as specified by the Office of Budget Responsibility normally before 1 January and 1 July each year.

20.4    Interest will be added to the amount deferred unless the adult or their representative elects to pay interest separately.  

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