Spending on adult social care

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Dear Southwark Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information on spending on adult social care services in your local authority:

1) What was the net expenditure for a) all adult social care and b) social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability for the following financial years:

i. 2007/08
ii. 2008/09
iii. 2009/10
iv. 2010/11;

and what were the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

2) What was the gross expenditure for a) all adult social care and b) social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability as percentages of the council’s total expenditure for the following financial years:

i. 2007/08
ii. 2008/09
iii. 2009/10
iv. 2010/11;

and as percentages of the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

3) How much a) gross and b) net funding for all adult social care has been allocated in the 2012/13 draft budget:

i) in cash terms
ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

4) How much a) gross and b) net funding for social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability has been allocated in the 2012/13 draft budget:

i) in cash terms
ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

Yours faithfully,

Jane Alltimes

Janet McDonald, Southwark Borough Council

Southwark Council - Information request (FOI/EIR)

Our reference: 202738

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Dear Ms Alltimes

Thank you for your request for information that was received on 30 January
2012 in which you requested:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following
information on spending on adult social care services in your local
authority:

   

     1) What was the net expenditure for a) all adult social care and b)

     social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability for

     the following financial years:

    

     i. 2007/08

     ii. 2008/09

     iii. 2009/10

     iv. 2010/11;

    

     and what were the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

    

     2) What was the gross expenditure for a) all adult social care and

     b) social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability as

     percentages of the council’s total expenditure for the following

     financial years:

    

     i. 2007/08

     ii. 2008/09

     iii. 2009/10

     iv. 2010/11;

    

     and as percentages of the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

    

     3) How much a) gross and b) net funding for all adult social care

     has been allocated in the 2012/13 draft budget:

    

     i) in cash terms

     ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

    

     4) How much a) gross and b) net funding for social care for adults

     aged 18-65 with a learning disability has been allocated in the

     2012/13 draft budget:

    

     i) in cash terms

     ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

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Janet McDonald
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Dear Janet,

I am writing to remind you that I am yet to receive the information I requested on social care spending.

Please respond ASAP as this information is now considerably overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Alltimes

Janet McDonald, Southwark Borough Council

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Southwark Council - Information request (FOI/EIR)

Our reference: 202738

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Dear Ms Alltimes,

Re: Your request for information: 202738 

I am writing further to your request for information received on 30
January 2012 to advise you that the information you requested is being
withheld under the Freedom of Informtion Act 2000.

You requested: 

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following
information on spending on adult social care services in your local
authority:

 1) What was the net expenditure for a) all adult social care and

b) social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability for the
following financial years:

 i. 2007/08

ii. 2008/09

iii. 2009/10

iv. 2010/11;

 and what were the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

 2) What was the gross expenditure for a) all adult social care and

b) social care for adults aged 18-65 with a learning disability as

percentages of the council’s total expenditure for the following

financial years:

 i. 2007/08

ii. 2008/09

iii. 2009/10

iv. 2010/11;

and as percentages of the agreed budget figures for v. 2011/12?

3) How much a) gross and b) net funding for all adult social care has been
allocated in the 2012/13 draft budget:

 i) in cash terms

ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

4) How much a) gross and b) net funding for social care for adults aged
18-65 with a learning disability has been allocated in the 2012/13 draft
budget:

 i) in cash terms

ii) as a percentage of the total draft budget?

Please see attached letter

In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 this
letter acts as a Refusal Notice for the information requested.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available through
the Information Commissioner at the:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 01625 545 700

 

[1]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk 

 

 

Janet McDonald

Corporate Freedom of Information Officer

Enc

Yours sincerely,
Internet: [2][email address]

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McDonald, Janet, Southwark Borough Council

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Dear Jane

My apologies for the delay in reverting to you.

I attach a copy of my response sent under separate cover.

Regards

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