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Linda Burnip made this Freedom of Information request to Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
The request was successful.
From: Linda Burnip
28 June 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
FoI request June 2009-06-28
How many social workers are there working in adult care?
How many of these are working with disabled people under 60?
How many adults are you providing some sort of community care
service to in total?
How many allocated cases are there in adult care?
How many unallocated cases are there in adult care?
How many ‘held’ cases are there in adult care.
What is the ratio of adult care cases to each social worker.
What is the average time between referral for a service and
assessment of needs
What is the average time between referral and provision of the
necessary service.
What is your total adult care budget for 2009-2010
What proportion of this is spent providing care in the community
through Direct Payments or Individual Budgets.
What proportion of this is spent on residential care provision.
What is the average length of time for provision of aids.
What is the average length of time for provision of adaptations.
Yours faithfully,
Linda Burnip
From: Gov, Freedomofinformation@Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
29 June 2009
Dear Linda
RFI - 1689
Thank you for your request for information received on 29th June 2009. I
am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act
2000 I have passed your request to relevant colleagues, and we will
respond to your request within 20 working days of receipt.
Regards,
Gemma
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From: Linda Burnip
17 December 2009
Dear Gov, Freedomofinformation@Newcastle,
I made a freedom of information request which is now about 6 months
overdue. By law this should have been responded to, please do so
now as a matter of urgency.
Yours sincerely,
Linda Burnip
From: Dinsdale, Peter
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
23 December 2009
Dear Ms Burnip,
Please accept my sincerest apologies for the lack of response to your
request to date. I do not know why this has been overlooked, but please
be assured that I am looking into this and will ensure that you receive
a response as a matter of some urgency.
Kind regards,
Peter Dinsdale
FOI & Data Protection Officer
0191 277 7038 ext 27038
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From: Watson, David
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
4 January 2010
Hi
Apologies for the delay in responding to your request under the Freedom of Information Act, please find below the responses to your questions.
FoI request June 2009-06-28
How many social workers are there working in adult care? 137.9 fte with 16.1 vacancies
How many of these are working with disabled people under 60? 528
How many adults are you providing some sort of community care service to in total? 7349
How many allocated cases are there in adult care? 6749
How many unallocated cases are there in adult care? 482
How many 'held' cases are there in adult care. 3789 (interpreted this as cases held within our reviewing team)
What is the ratio of adult care cases to each social worker. Approx 25 per worker this varies across different type of workers
What is the average time between referral for a service and assessment of needs 67% within 28 days
What is the average time between referral and provision of the necessary service. 98% within 28 days
What is your total adult care budget for 2009-2010 - Total budget for 3rd party expenditure on residential care, day care, domiciliary care and direct payments is £61,101,450
What proportion of this is spent providing care in the community through Direct Payments or Individual Budgets. 3.7% but will significantly increase over the next 12 months
What proportion of this is spent on residential care provision. 45%
What is the average length of time for provision of aids. 99% within 7 days
What is the average length of time for provision of adaptations. 2.5 weeks minor adaptations, 12 weeks major adaptations
Yours faithfully,
Linda Burnip
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