Adult Social Care
Dear Merton Borough Council,
Please answer as many questions as possible starting from 1 onwards within time and money constraints.
1. How many adults are you providing social care to now compared with 2010?
2. How many adults receive a Direct Payment to fund their social care?
3. Are there any restrictions on the number of hours adult social care funding you will fund or are there any plans to introduce a limit?
4. What are the DP rates that you pay to adults who directly employ PAs - what are the hourly rates for;
Weekday daytime rates
Weekday evening rates
Weekend daytime rates
Weekend evening rates
5. What rates do you pay to adults, who directly employ their own PAs for Overnight Rates -both for sleeping and waking nights and what hours does this payment cover?
6. What Bank Holiday Rates do you pay to adults, who directly employ their own PAs?
7. Are these standard rates that all DP users receive or does the amount paid vary depending on the complexity of need?
8. When were the rates in questions 4, 5 and 6, first set at their current rates?
9. Do you anticipate these rates will be increased, and what to, from April 2017?
10. What is the highest weekly or annual DP and lowest weekly DP you make to fund adult social care?
11. What additional employer costs are funded through these rates eg.
National insurance employer contributions
Statutory paid holidays
Payroll charges,
Independent living insurance,
Advertising,
National Minimum Wage increase from April 2016.
Redundancy payments,
Pensions.
Training.
Contingency funding
12. If pensions are not fully funded using DP rates, how will they be funded?
Yours faithfully,
Linda Burnip
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Thank you for your email message. We aim to respond to all requests under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 within 20 working days.
More information about the way we deal with information requests is on our
web site at [1]www.merton.gov.uk/foi.
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London Borough of Merton.
020 8545 4634
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Linda,
Please find attached a response to your recent freedom of information
request.
Regards
David Slark
Procurement & Brokerage Manager
Adult Social Services
Community and Housing
London Borough of Merton
Tel: 020 8545 3043
Fax: 020 8545 4131
[1]www.merton.gov.uk
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Dear Linda,
Please find attached a final response to your recent FOI.
Kind Regards,
David Slark
Procurement & Brokerage Manager
Adult Social Services
Community and Housing
London Borough of Merton
Tel: 020 8545 3043
Fax: 020 8545 4131
[1]www.merton.gov.uk
References
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