Changes to short breaks services for adults with a learning disability

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Dear Middlesbrough 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

Middlesbrough Council

Dear Ms Davies

REF NO: 3240.1

Thank you for your recent enquiry, received on 11th September 2012, in
relation to Freedom of Information request - Changes to short breaks
services for adults with a learning disability .  I can confirm that your
enquiry is receiving attention and a response will be provided within 20
working days following receipt of your enquiry as allowed under the
Freedom of Information Act legislation.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

Please do not hesitate to contact me direct on (01642) 729696/729698 or
email [Middlesbrough Council request email] should you require any further advice or
assistance with this or any other matter.

Yours sincerely

Helen Dempsey
Information Governance Assistant

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Middlesbrough Council

Dear Jo Davies

REF NO: 3240.1
I am writing to confirm that Middlesbrough Council has now completed its
search for the information you requested on 11th September 2012, in
relation to Short Breaks for Adults with Learning Disabilities.

In your request you asked for the following information:

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?

Response:
a) 699 as supplied previously in a response to your request of 25^th
January 2012.
b) 716 as supplied previously in a response to your request of 25^th
January 2012.
c) 819
d) 784 as at 27^th September 2012

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?

Response: Middlesbrough Council offers short breaks services through it's
own in-house provision only. The overall budget allocated to this service
covers a mixture of long-stay and short-stay placement's.  The short-stay
costs of this service cannot be accurately separated in order to provide
meaningful information.  

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?

Response:  
a) 42
b) 43
c) 38
d) 24 as at 27^th September 2012

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?

Response: No short breaks services have closed since 2009/10. There are no
plans to close short break 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?

Response: Not applicable.

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).

Response: Not applicable.

If you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact me direct on (01642) 729696/729698 or email
[Middlesbrough Council request email].  Please remember to quote the reference number
shown above in any future communications.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled you may ask
for an internal review within 40 days of receipt of the response. You
should write to:-

Chris Davies,
Corporate Complaints Manager,
P.O. Box 503,
Ground Floor,
Town Hall,
Middlesbrough,
TS1 9FX
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for an
independent review.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: -
Information Commissioner’s Office,
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Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely

Janette Anderson
Freedom of Information Officer

Members' Office
P.O. Box 503
Ground Floor
Town Hall
Middlesbrough
TS1 9FX

Tel.  01642 729696

FAX. 01642 729882
Email:   [Middlesbrough Council request email]

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