Our Ref: FOI 2742
Your ref: [FOI #8313 email]
Date: 17 March 2009
Linda Burnip
whatdotheyknow.com
Dear Ms Burnip
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information
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Peter Hay, Strategic Director, Adults and Communities
FOI 2742 / continued
1
What proportion of the adult social care budget is spent keeping
people in residential care.
From analysing 2007/08 outturn 34% of the Adults Social Care budget was spent
on residential care
2
What proportion of the adult social care budget is spent on the
provision of care in the community.
From analysing 2007/08 outturn 15% of the budget was on care in the community
[Home Support]
3
Why can some people in Birmingham still not get Direct Payments for
care and how many people does this applies to?
The Directorate’s procedures are very clear that “there is a legal duty to offer
direct payments to all individuals who are potentially eligible to receive them”.
Copies of the explanatory leaflets about Direct Payments are available on the
Council’s website at www.birmingham.gov.uk/adults on the Public Information
pages.
The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct
Payments) (England) Regulations 2003 exclude people who are subject to certain
mental health or criminal justice legislation from receiving direct payments. Also
Direct Payments are not available for people who have received compensation to
pay for their care and where the Court of Protection does not administer that
compensation. People with such compensation should use it to arrange and pay
for their own services.
All service users who are eligible for services are given information about the
Direct Payments process where that care service falls within the permitted areas.
For example, Direct Payments cannot be used to purchase occupational therapy
equipment or adaptations, long stay care in a care home or services or
equipment arranged by other statutory bodies.
People living in care homes and care homes with nursing can have Direct
Payments to try out independent living arrangements before making a
commitment to moving out of the care home. They can also be used by people
living in care homes and care homes with nursing to buy a day service place or
engage in an alternative daytime activity.
Therefore there should be no cases of service users who do not receive Direct
Payments for eligible services when they have requested it. If you have evidence
of any such cases, please submit that to the Directorate so that the individual
cases can be investigated.
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