Changes to day services for adults with a learning disability

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Dear Jo Davies,

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Please quote this number in any future correspondence.

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Michelle

Michelle Barber
ME & FOI Liaison Officer
Adult Social Care, Health & Housing
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Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the
following information in relation to day services for adults with a
learning disability in your local authority:

1) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were known
to social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12?

2) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability attended
day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12:

i. 5 days a week or more
ii. 4 days a week
iii. 3 days a week
iv. 2 days a week
v. 1 day a week
vi. 0 days a week?

3) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability attended
the following type of day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and
c) 2011/12:

i. day centres
ii. employment
iii. education
iv. voluntary work
v. other activities?

4) How many a) day centre places and b) equivalent day service
places for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were funded
by the local authority in the following financial years:

i. 2009/10
ii. 2010/11
iii. 2011/12;

and how many do you expect will be funded in iv. 2012/13?

5) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability who
attended day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12
lived:

i. in the family home
ii. in their own home
iii. in supported accommodation
iv. in residential accommodation?

6) If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, have any alternative services been put in place for
those who attended the day centre; i.e. new learning
disability-specific community activities or transport to/from
suitable existing day activities?

7) If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, were consultations held, and if so, what were the
consultation periods? Please provide full details (excluding
personal/confidential data) of all consultation responses and the
resulting statement from the council.

8) Have charges for any of the following services increased since
1st April 2009:

i. day centre attendance
ii. transport to and from day activities
iii. any related activities;

and if so by how much?

Yours faithfully,

Jo Davies

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Ref: FOI 3713

Dear Ms Davies

I am writing in response to your request for information below.

As I understand it you are seeking to know:

1. How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability were known
to social services in:

a) 2009/10 456
b) 2010/11 505
c) 2011/12 485 (as at 31/01/12)

2. How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were
provided with day centre services in the following years:

a) 2009/10:
5 days a week or more 73
4 days a week 54
3 days a week 29
2 days a week 21
1 day a week 14
Total 191

b) 2010/11:
5 days a week or more 72
4 days a week 49
3 days a week 27
2 days a week 16
1 day a week 16
Total 180

c) 2011/12 (as at 31/01/12):
5 days a week or more 80
4 days a week 40
3 days a week 34
2 days a week 24
1 day a week 13
Total 191

Note: We do not track attendance at day centres, and we have provided a
count of the number of adults who were provided day centre services for
the number of days stated.

3. How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability attended
the following type of day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c)
2011/12:
i. day centres
ii. employment
iii. education
iv. voluntary work
v. other activities?

Unfortunately, this information is not readily available as we do not
track attendance, and do not always record employment / education /
voluntary work statuses against individuals.

The only way this information could be extracted would be through a
manual search through individual service user records.

S12 of the FOIA states that a Public Authority is not obliged to
respond to a request for information under S1 of the FOIA where it
estimates that the cost of doing so would 'exceed the appropriate
limit'. The 'appropriate limit', as laid down in the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations
2004 (the 'Regulations'), is £450 which equates to 18 hours work.

We estimate that the cost of searching our records to ascertain whether
the information is held and to collate this information would be over
the 'appropriate limit' as laid down in the Regulations and as such is
exempt under S12 of the FOIA.

4. How many a) day centre places and b) equivalent day service
places for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were funded by
the local authority in the following financial years:
i. 2009/10
ii. 2010/11
iii. 2011/12
iv. and how many do you expect will be funded in iv. 2012/13?

Unfortunately, this information is not readily available. The only way
this information could be extracted would be through a manual search
through individual service user records.

S12 of the FOIA states that a Public Authority is not obliged to
respond to a request for information under S1 of the FOIA where it
estimates that the cost of doing so would 'exceed the appropriate
limit'. The 'appropriate limit', as laid down in the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations
2004 (the 'Regulations'), is £450 which equates to 18 hours work.

We estimate that the cost of searching our records to ascertain whether
the information is held and to collate this information would be over
the 'appropriate limit' as laid down in the Regulations and as such is
exempt under S12 of the FOIA.

5. How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability who
attended day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12:
i. in the family home
ii. in their own home
iii. in supported accommodation
iv. in residential accommodation?

Unfortunately, this information is not readily available as we do not
always record detailed accommodation statuses against individuals. The
only way this information could be extracted would be through a manual
search through individual service user records.

S12 of the FOIA states that a Public Authority is not obliged to
respond to
a request for information under S1 of the FOIA where it
estimates that the cost of doing so would 'exceed the appropriate
limit'. The 'appropriate limit', as laid down in the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations
2004 (the 'Regulations'), is £450 which equates to 18 hours work.

We estimate that the cost of searching our records to ascertain whether
the information is held and to collate this information would be over
the 'appropriate limit' as laid down in the Regulations and as such is
exempt under S12 of the FOIA.

6. If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, have any alternative services been put in place for those who
attended the day centre; i.e. new learning disability-specific community
activities or transport to/from suitable existing day activities?
There have been no day service closures in the last 12 months but the
Council has recently conducted a review of these services and I would
refer you to link below for details of the recommendations of the
review.
http://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/mgConver...

S21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is already
publicly available.

7. If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, were consultations held, and if so, what were the
consultation periods? Please provide full details (excluding
personal/confidential data) of all consultation responses and the
resulting statement from the council.
Please see response to Q6 - the report contains details of the
consultation undertaken.

8. Have charges for any of the following services increased since
1st April 2009:
i. day centre attendance
ii. transport to and from day activities
iii. any related activities;

There is no fee for transport. Details of the Councils fees and
charges are already publicly available and can be located via the web
link below

http://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/mgConver...

S21 of the FOIA provides that information is exempt where it is already
publicly available.

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Richard Ingle
Data Protection &
Freedom of Information Officer

Data Protection &
Freedom of Information Officer
Legal Services (3E 04)
London Borough of Hillingdon
Civic Centre
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Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the
following information in relation to day services for adults with
a
learning disability in your local authority:

1) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were
known
to social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12?

2) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability attended
day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12:

i. 5 days a week or more
ii. 4 days a week
iii. 3 days a week
iv. 2 days a week
v. 1 day a week
vi. 0 days a week?

3) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability attended
the following type of day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11
and
c) 2011/12:

i. day centres
ii. employment
iii. education
iv. voluntary work
v. other activities?

4) How many a) day centre places and b) equivalent day service
places for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability were
funded
by the local authority in the following financial years:

i. 2009/10
ii. 2010/11
iii. 2011/12;

and how many do you expect will be funded in iv. 2012/13?

5) How many adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability who
attended day activities in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12
lived:

i. in the family home
ii. in their own home
iii. in supported accommodation
iv. in residential accommodation?

6) If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, have any alternative services been put in place for
those who attended the day centre; i.e. new learning
disability-specific community activities or transport to/from
suitable existing day activities?

7) If there have been day service closures within the local
authority, were consultations held, and if so, what were the
consultation periods? Please provide full details (excluding
personal/confidential data) of all consultation responses and the
resulting statement from the council.

8) Have charges for any of the following services increased since
1st April 2009:

i. day centre attendance
ii. transport to and from day activities
iii. any related activities;

and if so by how much?

Yours faithfully,

Jo Davies

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