Dear Ms Mercer,

I confirm receipt of your information request and that we are dealing with this and will respond to you in due course.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 allow up to 20 working days for responding to information requests.

If you are not content with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests for internal reviews should be addressed to the Monitoring Officer, 1st Floor, Civic Centre 3, Market Street, Huddersfield HD1 2EY. Alternatively, you can send an email to: [email address].

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of any review you have the right under section 50 of the 2000 Act to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Act. The Information Commissioner’s website is at www.ico.org.uk and gives more information about the role and duties of the Commissioner. The ICO telephone helpline on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 is available between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Regards

Information Governance Team
Kirklees Council, Governance Service
Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for Freedom of Information)

For more information about how we deal with your personal data, please see the Kirklees Council privacy notice

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Dear Ms Mercer,

I am writing in response to your request dated 08/10/2021. This has been
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Council’s response to your specific questions is set out below:

We are working on a funded review of advocacy for people with a learning
disability and autistic people who are inpatients in mental health,
learning disability or autism specialist hospitals. 

Part of this review is to find out what advocacy is being commissioned and
delivered across England.

We would be very grateful if you could tell us the following information
about your local area:

1.            Please tell us the name of the organisation/s who is
commissioned to deliver the following types of statutory independent
advocacy:

1.1          Independent Mental Health Advocacy

1.2          Advocacy under the Care Act

1.3          Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (including DoLS)

All advocacy in Kirklees is provided by Touchstone advocacy, they cover
all of the areas above
([1]https://touchstonesupport.org.uk/advocac...).

Kirklees Involvement Network also offer self-advocacy.

2.            Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you
commission to deliver any type of advocacy for the following groups. (This
could include self-advocacy support, community advocacy, peer advocacy). 

2.1          children and young people who have a learning disability or
autism in the community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or
through the C(E)TR process)

2.2          adults who have a learning disability and or autism in the
community (for instance to prevent admission to hospital, or through the
C(E)TR process)

2.2          children and young people who have a learning disability or
autism who are in inpatient settings (informal or formal patients)

2.3          adults who have a learning disability or autism who are in
inpatient settings (informal or formal patients) Touchstone

2.4          where a person is in segregation (or subject to any other
restrictive practice) Touchstone

KIAS (Kirklees Information, Advice and Support Service Special Educational
Needs)

3.            Please tell us the name of any organisation(s) that you
commission to deliver any type of advocacy to support parents or carers of
children, young people or adults who have a learning disability and or
autism.

KIAS (Kirklees Information, Advice and Support Service Special Educational
Needs)

Touchstone

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4.            Please tell us how many people with a learning disability
and or autism who were detained under the Mental Health Act used the IMHA
service between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2020.

A total of 10 people with LD and /or autism who were detained are
identified as using the IMHA service during this year.

(As people referred are referred with mental health issues it is possible
a secondary reason (LD or autism) may not always be identified.)

For the Trust the majority of patients with LD are referred through
Wakefield and will use Wakefield’s advocacy service. Therefore Wakefield
may show a high number of patients and the other authorities including
Kirklees a lower number.

If you are not content with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review.  Requests for internal reviews should
be submitted within 2 months of the date of receipt of the response to
your original request and should be addressed to the Monitoring Officer,
1^st Floor, Civic Centre 3, Market Street, Huddersfield HD1 2EY. 
Alternatively, you can send an email to:
[2][email address]. 

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

If you are not content with the outcome of any review you have the right
under section 50 of the 2000 Act to apply to the Information Commissioner
for a decision as to whether your request for information has been dealt
with in accordance with the requirements of the Act.  The Information
Commissioner’s website is at [3]www.ico.org.uk and gives more information
about the role and duties of the Commissioner.  The ICO telephone helpline
on 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745 is available between 9am and 5pm, Monday
to Friday.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance Team

Kirklees Council, Governance Service

Telephone: 01484 221000 (voice activated switchboard – please ask for
Freedom of Information)

For more information about how we deal with your personal data, please see
the [4]Kirklees Council privacy notice

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