Adult Social Care Services

Dear Sophie Parr

Thank you for your email.

It will be treated as a request within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it. If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.

In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the log number 802624

Yours sincerely

Rose Raine
FOI East
Compliance Unit
Internal Audit
Cheshire East Council
Tel 01270 686605

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Dear Ms Parr

Thank you for your request for information. As you are aware Cheshire East Council only came into existence in April 2009 as a result of local government re-organisation within Cheshire, consequently I am unable to supply detail for the years prior to 2009/10, however, our responses to your questions are as follows:

1. From 1st 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’. Critical

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

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

i. 2005-06 N/A
ii. 2006-07 N/A
iii. 2007-08 N/A
iv. 2008-09 N/A
v. 2009-10 GROSS £175.8M, NET £78.3M
vi. 2010-11 GROSS £165.5M, NET £78.1M

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

i. 2005-06
ii. 2006-07
iii. 2007-08
iv. 2008-09
v. 2009-10 GROSS £55.2M, NET £21.6M
vi. 2010-11 GROSS £45.1M, NET 23.7M

NOTE: Variance between 2009/10 and 2010/11 gross spend is because Cheshire East Council was in a pooled budget arrangement with Cheshire West & Chester Council in 2009/10. In 2010/11, Cheshire West & Chester Council is no longer part of that pooled arrangement

5. How much funding for adult social care has been allocated in the
2011-12 council budget? GROSS £149.7M, NET £95.6M

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?

2010/11 ADDITIONAL FUNDING:
Central and Eastern PCT:
Winter Pressures £851,605 (allocated £950k in government announcement)
Re-ablement £145,500

Western Cheshire PCT
Winter Pressures £27,000 (allocated £27,000)

I trust this completes your request. Should you have any queries on the content of this message please contact me.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review under the Freedom of Information Act you should write to the Compliance Unit, Cheshire East Council, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1HZ.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

Rose Raine
Compliance Officer
Cheshire East Council
Tel: 01270 686605

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Dear Ms Parr

It has come to my attention that the response provided to your request below is incorrect: please note the responses to both questions 1 & 2 ought to read critical and substantial.

The error was mine, I apologise and I hope this will not cause inconvenience.

Yours sincerely

Rose Raine
Compliance Officer
Cheshire East Council
Tel 01270 686605

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