Question
Response
1) Could you provide the name of the
1) During the period we have had 3 organisations
organisation commissioned to
providing IMCA advocacy services :
deliver Independent Mental
-Skills for People
Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) in the
- Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau
period April 2018 to March 2019?
- Darlington Association of Disability
2) We have had 48 IMCA referrals from
2) If you hold data on the number of
1.4.18-31.3.19. Referrals are allocated to
IMCA referrals made to you in the
the most appropriately skilled IMCA by a
year 2018/19. (preferably from 1
commissioned service known as The
April 2018 to 31 March 2019, or
Advocacy Hub. This is to ensure the
any other 12 month period within
authority remains entirely independent. The
2018/19 you could specify) please
reasons for the referrals are therefore not
could you provide information on
known to the Council
how many times an IMCA was
instructed in each decision:
i. Long term Change of Accommodation
ii. Serious Medical Treatment
iii. Review of the Accommodation
iv. Safeguarding
3) If you hold data on the number of times
3) For the purposes of s1 of the Freedom
an advocate was instructed from 1 April
of Information Act, the Council do not
2018 to 31 March 2019 (or any other 12
hold the requested information because
month period within 2018/19 you could
we do not collate this information.
specify) please could you provide
information on how many times an IMCA
DoLS was instructed within each of these:
i. 39A DoLS process
ii. 39C DoLS process
iii. 39D DoLS process
4) I would also be very grateful if you
could tell me how many times a paid
4) We have paid 3 RPR’s over the period
RPR was instructed in the period 1 April
between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019
2018 to 31 March 2019 or any other 12
and they have been instructed on 95
month period within 2018/19 you could
occasions.
specify.
5) N/A
5) As it is a statutory duty to refer to an
IMCA I would expect you might hold
this information. If you do not hold the
data for the above could you kindly tell
6) N/A
me who does?
6) If you are not recording this data at
present could you please tell me if you
plan to start to record this data in the
7) We currently hold the date for the number
next 12 months?
of referrals and believe that is sufficient to
meet our legal obligations.
7) The 'What Do They Know' suggestions
for good practice recommended that
organisations make this kind of
information publicly available on their
own website, would you consider doing
this in the future?