Changes to short breaks services for adults with a learning disability
Dear Barking and Dagenham Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information in relation to short breaks services for adults with a learning disability in your local authority. NB: short breaks services are also known as respite services.
1) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability were known to social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11, c) 2011/12 and d) 2012/13?
2) What was your net expenditure for short breaks services for adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what was the agreed budget figure for 2012/13?
3) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability attended short breaks services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what is your projection for short breaks service use in 2012/13?
4) How many short breaks services closed in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) have you closed/are you planning to close any short breaks services in 2012/13?
5) If there have been short breaks service closures within the local authority, have alternative services been put in place for those who attended the short breaks service?
Please give details of a) the number of adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability who attended the service(s) that closed, and b) the number of adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability who attend the alternative service(s) (if applicable).
Yours faithfully,
Jo Davies
Dear Jo Davies
Please find attached acknowledgement letter for above reference number
(LBBD/65109) FOI request.
Yours sincerely
Complaints and FOI Team
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Dear Ms. Davis,
LBBD/ 65109
Your FOI request has been considered and the information is set out below.
1) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability were known
to social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11, c) 2011/12 and d)
2012/13?
A) 522
B) 572
C) 614
D) 635 (Year to date)
Regarding the questions below, we would not be able to answer them as the
majority of our service users have a personal budget and arrange short
breaks for themselves. Therefore not giving us a net expenditure.
2) What was your net expenditure for short breaks services for
adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability in a) 2009/10, b)
2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what was the agreed budget figure
for 2012/13?
3) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability attended
short breaks services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and
d) what is your projection for short breaks service use in 2012/13?
4) How many short breaks services closed in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11
and c) 2011/12, and d) have you closed/are you planning to close
any short breaks services in 2012/13?
5) If there have been short breaks service closures within the
local authority, have alternative services been put in place for
those who attended the short breaks service?
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please contact me.
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Regards,
Charlotte Owen Complaints and Information Officer, Children, Adults and
Community Services
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Room 218 | Barking Town Hall |
Barking | Essex | IG11 7LU
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Dear Charlotte,
Thanks for the information you have provided.
I understand why you are unable to give the information requested in question 2, and potentially question 3 as well, due to the majority of service users having personal budgets, but I don't see how this precludes you from answering questions 4 and 5 re service closures. Please provide this information asap.
Yours sincerely,
Jo Davies
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