We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are neilesh please sign in and let everyone know.

Childrens & Social Services Commissioning

We're waiting for neilesh to read a recent response and update the status.

Dear Hounslow Borough Council,

1. Can you please explain your commissioning processes for providers of accommodation and/or support in respect to looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc. Do you spot purchase, have framework agreements or have block contracts in each of these categories?

2. If you have framework agreements and/or block contracts for accommodation and/or support in respect tolooked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc, please specify when each of these are due to be re-tendered.

3. Do organisations need to go through a pre-registration process to accommodate looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc on a spot purchase basis?

4. Do you have local authority run provisions for looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc? If so, how many of each category are currently accommodated in these facilities?

5. Please specify the number of looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc accommodated currently via:

a. spot purchase

b. framework agreements

c. block contracts

6. How many care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old and specified in the answer to question 4 are are accommodated in residential children's homes?

7. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a looked after child aged under 16 year in a private residential children's home?

8. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child aged 16-17 in a private residential children's home?

9. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child aged 16-17 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision?

10. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc child aged 16-17 in an unsupervised semi-independent provision? Please include the cost of floating support. Please advise if you do not place 16-17 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent provision.

11. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc aged 18-24 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision? Please advise if you do not place 18-24 year olds in a supervised semi-independent provision.

12. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing care leavers/uasc 18-24 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent provision? Please include the cost of floating support.

13. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating looked after children in residential children's homes? Who is the specific named point of contact?

14. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating and/or supporting care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old? Who is the specific named point of contact?

15. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating and/or supporting care leavers/uasc aged 18-24 years old? Who is the specific named point of contact?

16. Who should be approached within the council to discuss framework agreement/block purchase commissioning for accommodating looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc? Who is the specific named point of contact?

17. Please can you provide me with a list of all of your current suppliers signed up to framework agreements/block purchase contracts for accommodating looked after children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc?

Yours faithfully,

neilesh

Freedom of Information, Hounslow Borough Council

Dear Resident/Member of the public,

Thank you for your email about a Freedom of Information.

 

We will either deal with your request or pass it onto our service teams to
provide you with a response.    

o   Freedom of Information (FOI) requests – the Council will respond
within 20 working days from the time of receipt if this is within working
hours, or, if received out of hours, from the next working day.
[1]https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20110/o...

o   To comply with the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 further
information can be found at
[2]https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20110/o...
 

 Yours sincerely,

Customer Relations Team

 

References

Visible links
1. https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20110/o...
2. https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20110/o...

Freedom of Information, Hounslow Borough Council

Dear Mr Neilesh,

Thank you for your email below which has been received by the Customer Relations Team.

I have logged your request under reference 40500 and will be allocating to the relevant section.

They should respond within 20 working days.

Kind regards,

Rapinder | Customer Relations Officer

Yellow Zone, Civic Centre
London Borough of Hounslow,
Tel: 020 8583 5211 | Email: [email address

Information about Council services can be found on our website www.hounslow.gov.uk

Follow us online: Twitter: @LBofHounslow and Facebook: www.facebook.com/HounslowCouncil

show quoted sections

Melanie Lang, Hounslow Borough Council

SUBJECT: Hounslow's Response to your FOI request. Reference: 00040500 -
00040501

 

Dear Mr Neilesh,

 

Re: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOI) 2000 ACT RESPONSE

 

I am writing regarding your request for information dated 26 March 2018.
You requested the following information:

 

1. Can you please explain your commissioning processes for providers of
accommodation and/or support in respect to looked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc. Do you spot purchase, have framework agreements or have
block contracts in each of these categories?

 

Our commissioning is done through West London Alliance (Framework
Agreements) Block agreement with Look Ahead.  Spot Purchases if we cannot
place with a frame work provider.

 

2. If you have framework agreements and/or block contracts for
accommodation and/or support in respect to looked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc, please specify when each of these are due to be re-tendered.

 

Please contact West London Alliance for semi-independent re-tendered. Look
Re-tender will be in 4 years with 1 year extension.

 

3. Do organisations need to go through a pre-registration process to
accommodate looked after children in residential care/looked after
children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc on a spot
purchase basis?

 

Yes, through West London Alliance

 

4. Do you have local authority run provisions for looked after children in
residential care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc? If so, how many of each category are currently accommodated
in these facilities?

 

We do have one LA Residential Unit (the Ride) with currently 6 children.
No LA Semi Independent Unit

 

5. Please specify the number of looked after children in residential
care/looked after children in semi-independent placements/care
leavers/uasc accommodated currently via:

 

a. spot purchase – Residential 11, Semi Independent - 15

 

b. framework agreements – Residential – 3, Semi Independent - 65

 

c. block contracts – Residential – None, Semi Independent - 20

 

6. How many care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old and specified in the
answer to question 4 are accommodated in residential children's homes?

 

None

 

7. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a looked after child
aged under 16 year in a private residential children's home?

 

£3,400

 

8. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
child aged 16-17 in a private residential children's home?

 

£3,420

 

9. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
child aged 16-17 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision?

 

£830

 

10. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a  care
leavers/uasc child aged 16-17 in an unsupervised semi-independent
provision?   Please include the cost of floating support. Please advise if
you do not place 16-17 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent
provision.

 

We do not have any 16-17 year olds without support

 

11. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing a care leavers/uasc
aged 18-24 in a 24/7 supervised semi-independent provision?  Please advise
if you do not place 18-24 year olds in a supervised semi-independent
provision.

 

£720

 

12. What is the 2017/18 average weekly cost of placing care leavers/uasc
18-24 year olds in an unsupervised semi-independent provision?  Please
include the cost of floating support.

 

£590

 

13. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating
looked after children in residential children's homes?  Who is the
specific named point of contact?

 

Please send email to [email address]

 

14. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating
and/or supporting care leavers/uasc aged 16-17 years old?  Who is the
specific named point of contact?

 

Please send email to [email address]

 

15. Who should be approached within the council to discuss spot purchase
commissioning, service provision, rates and referrals for accommodating
and/or supporting care leavers/uasc aged 18-24 years old?  Who is the
specific named point of contact?

 

Please send email to [email address]

 

16. Who should be approached within the council to discuss framework
agreement/block purchase commissioning for accommodating looked after
children in residential care/looked after children in semi-independent
placements/care leavers/uasc?  Who is the specific named point of contact?

 

Please contact West London Alliance

 

 

17. Please can you provide me with a list of all of your current suppliers
signed up to framework agreements/block purchase contracts for
accommodating looked after children in residential care/looked after
children in semi-independent placements/care leavers/uasc?

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Residential List |Semi-Independent |
| | |
| |  |
|-------------------------------------------+----------------------------|
|Care four Children |Above Beyond Care |
| | |
|34 Garrick Road |Altwood Housing |
| | |
|Amicucus |ANEW Young People |
| | |
|Anderida Adolescent Care |Care Advocate Ltd |
| | |
|Cambian Group |Cornerways Care |
| | |
|Care 2 Share |Domus Care |
| | |
|Cove Care Residential Home |Each Care |
| | |
|Hillcrest Hayling |Jordan Xavier Ltd |
| | |
|Kites Residential Home |Knightsgate Properties |
| | |
|RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning |Liberty Group |
| | |
|SWAAY Child & Adolescent |Link Estates |
| | |
|The Lion Care Group |Little Acorn Services Ltd |
| | |
|Westgate Lifestyle Project |Look Ahed |
| | |
|  |Netpex |
| | |
| |Peepal Tree |
| | |
| |Rela Support Services |
| | |
| |Solace Housing Group |
| | |
| |St Christopher's Fellowship |
| | |
| |The Devoted Project |
| | |
| |Westgate Children Unit |
| | |
| |Young Adults Matter |
| | |
| |Young Futures |
| | |
| |  |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

 

The response to your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

 

Copyright and Re-Use

Most of the information that is provided in response to a FOI or EIR
request will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases the
copyright will be owned by The London Borough of Hounslow. However, the
copyright of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation.

 

Individuals are free to use any information supplied, where the Council is
the copyright owner of the information, for their own use, including for
non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for the
purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, such as:
copying, publishing, distributing and transmitting the information;
adapting the information; exploiting the information commercially for
example, by combining it with other information, or by including it in
your own commercial product or application, will be subject to the
copyright and re-use conditions under the [1]Open Government Licence.

 

Should you feel that I have dealt with your request for information
inappropriately or failed to take appropriate action within a reasonable
timescale please contact, by any of the following methods:

 

By email to: FOI Review Officer [2][Hounslow Borough Council request email]

 

Website: [3]www.hounslow.gov.uk (on line complaints form available)

 

Should you feel that we have not dealt with your appeal appropriately and
remain dissatisfied, you have the right to complain to the Information
Commissioner under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Contact details for the Information Commissioner are as follows:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

 

Melanie Lang | Centre Coordinator

The Spot – St John’s | London Borough of Hounslow

78 St John’s Road, Isleworth, TW7 6RU

T: 0208 583 2349   F: 0208 583 2895

E: [4][email address] (non-secure)

W:  [5]www.hounslow.gov.uk

Follow us online: Twitter: [6]@LBofHounslow and

Facebook: [7]www.facebook.com/HounslowCouncil

 

 

 

References

Visible links
1. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/o...
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/o...
2. mailto:[Hounslow Borough Council request email]
3. http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
4. mailto:[email address]
5. http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
6. https://twitter.com/LBofHounslow
7. http://www.facebook.com/hounslowcouncil

We don't know whether the most recent response to this request contains information or not – if you are neilesh please sign in and let everyone know.