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Dear Oxfordshire County Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following information on needs assessments for working age adults with a learning disability and social care provision (as set out in Section 8 of the Care Act 2014) provided for working age adults with a learning disability.

Where questions refer to ‘learning disability’, please include individuals with ‘learning disability’ as their primary support reason.

1. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability were refused an assessment for adult social care in:

a. 2018/19

b. 2017/18

c. 2016/17

d. 2015/16

e. 2014/15

2. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had to wait:

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

d. Please also provide answers to 2(a) to 2(c) for the following years:

i. 2017/18

ii. 2016/17

iii. 2015/16

iv. 2014/15

3. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) had to wait:

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

d. Please also provide answers to 3(a) to 3(c) for the following years:

i. 2017/18

ii. 2016/17

iii. 2015/16

iv. 2014/15

4. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had an assessment for adult social care which identified eligible needs in the following years?

a. 2018/19

b. 2017/18

c. 2016/17

d. 2015/16

e. 2014/15

5. Of the adults identified in questions 4(a) to 4(e) how many were not having all of their eligible needs met after:

a. 6 weeks

b. 12 weeks

c. 24 weeks

6. In 2018/19, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had an assessment for adult social care which resulted in no services being provided?

If data is not available for 2018/19, please supply the information for the most recent year that data is available for. Please exclude those who received no services for the reason ‘deceased’.

Yours faithfully,

James Robinson

Joint Commissioning FOI, Oxfordshire County Council

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Our reference: 16214 FOI

Dear Mr Robinson,

Thank you for your correspondence received on 20 December 2019 in which
you asked for information about needs assessments and social care
provision for working age adults with a learning disability.

 

Your request is being considered and you will receive the information
requested as soon as possible and in any event within the next 20 working
days in compliance with the Environmental Information Regulations
2004/Freedom of Information Act 2000, unless an exception applies. This
means that the council will respond to you by 23 January 2020 at the
latest.

 

If appropriate, the information requested can be made available in
alternative formats, including other languages, Braille, large print, and
audiocassette. If you require any of these formats then please let me
know.

 

Please contact me if you have any have further enquiries about your
request. I would be grateful if you could quote the reference number given
at the top of this email.

 

Kind regards

Renata Malinowski

 

Freedom of Information Support Officer

Joint Commissioning and E&E

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Joint Commissioning FOI, Oxfordshire County Council

Our reference: 16214 FOI

 

Dear Mr Robinson,

 

Thank you for your request of 20 December 2019 in which you asked for
information about needs assessments and social care provision for working
age adults with a learning disability.  Please find our response to your
questions below in bold:

 

1. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability
were refused an assessment for adult social care in:

a. 2018/19; b. 2017/18; c. 2016/17; d. 2015/16; e. 2014/15

 

Oxfordshire County Council does not hold this information.  We have not
kept this information since 2013.  In 2013 a review of statistics to be
reported to the department of health dropped this data item as it
recognised that it did not accurately describe the process.  Many people
can receive preventative or rehabilitative services before the assessment
is required.

 

2. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial
assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first
became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults
(aged 18-64) with a learning disability had to wait:

 

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

d. Please also provide answers to 2(a) to 2(c) for the following years:

 

i. 2017/18

 

ii. 2016/17

 

iii. 2015/16

 

iv. 2014/15

 

Oxfordshire County Council does not hold this information.  We have not
kept this information since 2013. In 2013 a review of statistics to be
reported to the department of health dropped this measure as it recognised
that it did not accurately describe the process.  Many people can receive
preventative or rehabilitative services before the assessment is complete.
Most requests for adults with a learning disability will come as
transitions from children’s services, when work will begin around their
16th birthday even though the service will not start till they are 18.

 

3. In 2018/19, from the date of their first request for an initial
assessment for adult social care, or from the date when the LA first
became aware that an assessment was required, how many working-age adults
(aged 18-64) had to wait:

 

a. Over 6 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

b. Over 12 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

c. Over 24 weeks for an assessment to be completed

 

d. Please also provide answers to 3(a) to 3(c) for the following years:

 

i. 2017/18

 

ii. 2016/17

 

iii. 2015/16

 

iv. 2014/15

 

Same Answer as Question 2

 

4. How many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning disability had
an assessment for adult social care which identified eligible needs in the
following years?

 

a. 2018/19 817

 

b. 2017/18 993

 

c. 2016/17 712

 

d. 2015/16 227 (November 2015 to March 2016 only)

 

e. 2014/15 Oxfordshire County Council does not hold this information.  We
can’t report this information before November 2015 as we only started
recording in a reportable format since moving to our current case
management system.

 

5. Of the adults identified in questions 4(a) to 4(e) how many were not
having all of their eligible needs met after:

 

a. 6 weeks

 

b. 12 weeks

 

c. 24 weeks

 

See question 2. Many people have services in place whilst the assessment
is being completed.

 

6. In 2018/19, how many working-age adults (aged 18-64) with a learning
disability had an assessment for adult social care which resulted in no
services being provided?

 

See Question 1 as same reason.

 

 

 

Internal review

If you are dissatisfied with the service or response to your request, you
can ask for an internal review as follows:

 

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Please let me know if you have further enquiries. I would be grateful if
you could use the reference number given at the top of this email.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

James E Carter

Information Analyst

Performance & Information

Oxfordshire County Council

Email: [3][email address]

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