From April the annual fee charged by the Commission for Social Care Inspection for inspecting children's homes increases from 720 to 864. Registration fees increase from 432 to 518 for a small children's home and from 1,584 to 1,901 for other children's homes.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health, which sets the fees, said: "The new increases may appear large but, in fact, the original fees were set at a very low level."
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