Adult Social Care Services

Dear Ms Parr,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) - INFORMATION REQUEST

The City of London (CoL) acknowledges receipt of your request for
information of 13 May 2011.

Public authorities are required to respond to requests within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days beginning from the first working
day after they receive a request. The FOIA does not always require public
authorities to disclose the information which they hold.

Please note that the CoL is the Local Authority for the "square mile"
only, ie the historic City of London, and not London as a whole, which is
covered by over 30 boroughs and the Westminster City Council. Please see
the following link to a map on the CoL's website, which shows the area
covered:

[1]www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/maps/boundary_map.htm.

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provisions requiring the CoL to disclose information, release of
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Further information about the Freedom of Information Act is available from
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Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: (01625) 545700
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Yours sincerely,

Information Officer
Town Clerk's Department
City of London
Guildhall
London EC2P 2EJ

Tel: 020-7332 1209
Email: [City of London Corporation request email]
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Dear Ms Parr,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Following receipt of your request for information on 13^th May 2011 and
our acknowledgement of the same date, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.

1. From the 1^st April 2011, what is your council's set eligibility
criteria banding for social care services, as set out in the statutory
guidance; `Prioritising need in the context of Putting People First: A
whole system approach to eligibility for social care. Guidance on
Eligibility Criteria for Adult Social Care, England 2010'.

Based on the FACs eligibility criteria (as set out in the Fair Access to
Care Services, Department of Health Guidance, issued under section 7(1) of
the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970), Subject to appropriate
means testing City of London has its Fair Access to Care Services set at
All Critical and Substantial Needs.

2. What was your council's eligibility criterion banding for social care
services on 1st April 2010? As above.

3. What was the total spending on adult social care for the following
financial years:

i. 2005-06 - £6,737,670
ii.2006-07 - £7,608,846
iii.2007-08 - £7,676,071
iv.2008-09 - £7,035,649
v. 2009-10 - £7,250,492
vi.2010-11 - £5,250,780

4. What was the spending on adult social care for adults aged 18-65 with a
learning disability, for the following years:

i. 2005-06 - £262,000
ii.2006-07 - £363,000
iii.2007-08 - £509,000
iv.2008-09 - £405,000
v. 2009-10 - £436,000
vi.2010-11 - £467,000

5. How much funding for adult social care has been allocated in the
2011-12 council budget? £6,135,000

6. Does the answer to question 3 include all additional funds for adult
social care as announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review in October
2010? Yes

7. How much funding will the council receive in 2010-11 of the additional
£1bn on social care funding, announced in the Comprehensive Spending
Review in October 2010, from the NHS? £206,000

Please note that the City (the "Square Mile") has a very small resident
population of only about 9700 people.

If you wish to make a complaint about the way the CoL has handled your
enquiry, please make your complaint in writing to email address:
[email address].

For a link to the CoL's FOI complaints procedure, please visit the
following page: [1]www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Feedback, at the end of which
is located the FOI complaints procedure. If, having used the CoL's FOI
Complaints Procedure, you are still dissatisfied, you may request the
Information Commissioner to investigate. Please contact: Information
Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Telephone: (01625) 545700. Website: [2]http://www.ico.gov.uk/.

Please note that the Act applies to the City of London only as a local
authority, police authority and port health authority. Subject to any
other statutory provisions requiring the City of London to disclose
information, release of information outside the scope of the Act is
subject to the discretion of the City of London.

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Yours sincerely

Department of Community and Children's Services
City of London
020 7332 1638

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