Adult social care financial assessments
Dear South Gloucestershire Council,
Please provide me with the following information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
(1) Information relating to 'financial assessments' under Section 17 of The Care Act 2014, including:
(a) Policy documents;
(b) Public guides and information leaflets, including those in accessible formats;
(c) Guidance issued to staff to assist them undertaking financial assessments;
(d) Guidance issued to staff and management to assist them with decision making.
(2) Information relating to 'disability related expenditure,' including:
(a) Policy documents;
(b) Public guides, forms, and information leaflets, including those in accessible formats;
(c) Latest guidance issued to staff to assist them calculating disability related expenditure.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Argo
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Customer Care
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Dear Mr Argo,
Thank you for your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act.
Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Act.
The 20 day period for considering your request commenced on 15.02.2024.
In the event that the information you have requested is to be disclosed,
it will be sent to you no later than 14.03.2024. If we cannot respond by
that date then we will write to you again.
Yours sincerely
Feedback and Information Governance Team
People Department
South Gloucestershire Council
Tel: 01454 864740
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Office: Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate, BS37 5AF
Postal Address: Department for Children, Adults and Health, Feedback and
Information Governance Team, PO Box 1955, BRISTOL, BS37 0DE
_______________________________________________________________
South Gloucestershire Council Achieving excellence for our residents
and their communities, ensuring South Gloucestershire continues to be a
great place to live and work
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Dear Freedom of information,
I am writing to request an update on my FOI request as I have yet to receive a response. By law, you should normally have responded promptly and by 14 March 2024. You previously assured me that, if you would not be able to issue a response by 14 March 2024, then you would write to me; but this has not happened either.
I ask that a full response is issued promptly and by 22 March 2024. If you need additional time to fulfil the request, I ask that you get in touch to discuss this immediately and no later than 22 March 2024.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Argo
Thank you for your email.
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Where a response is required we will aim to acknowledge your email within
5 working days and we will advise you of the next steps for dealing with
your request.
You can now apply, report or request a service using our online forms on
[1]www.southglos.gov.uk. Using our online forms is often quicker and
easier because they feed directly into our systems and automatically pass
information to the teams responsible; you will receive a confirmation
email with a reference number, along with a timescale for us to resolve
your enquiry.
To find out how South Gloucestershire Council uses and protects your
information visit [2]www.southglos.gov.uk/privacy for our Privacy Notice.
Kind regards
Customer Care
_______________________________________________________________
South Gloucestershire Council Achieving excellence for our residents
and their communities, ensuring South Gloucestershire continues to be a
great place to live and work
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Dear Freedom of information,
I am concerned that, despite prompting, you have failed to supply the requested information promptly and by the legal deadline. This is to inform you that I have today referred the matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office, as you have failed to respond to my previous prompting.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Argo
Dear Mr Argo,
Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to you.
When reviewing your request it has been found that some of this information may be commercially sensitive under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act, we will need to undertake a Public Interest Test to determine whether it was in the public’s interest for the commercially sensitive data to be disclosed.
In line with the Freedom of Information Act, we have a further 20 working days to complete this test.
We will be in touch shortly with further information.
We apologise for the delay and appreciate your patience in this regard.
Kind regards,
Feedback and Information Governance Team
People Department
South Gloucestershire Council
Tel: 01454 864740
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
To provide us with feedback about our services, please email [email address]
To submit requests for information, please email [email address]
For development of new information, advice & guidance platform, please email: [email address]
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[email address]
Office: Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate, BS37 5AF
Postal Address: Department for Children, Adults and Health, Feedback and Information Governance Team, PO Box 1955, BRISTOL, BS37 0DE
Dear Freedom of information,
Thank you for your message. I understand that you need additional time to consider the public interest test.
This request has already been significantly delayed, and therefore I will allow you a reasonable extension of 20 additional working days from the first working day after the response was due (14th March 2024) to complete the public interest test. 20 working days from the 15th March 2024 will bring us to 16th April 2024. Please ensure a full response is issued promptly, and no later than this date.
Yours sincerely,
Ben Argo
Dear Mr Argo,
Please find attached South Gloucestershire Council’s response to your
Freedom of Information request.
Kind regards,
Feedback and Information Governance Team
People Department
South Gloucestershire Council
Tel: 01454 864740
[1]www.southglos.gov.uk
To provide us with feedback about our services, please email
[2][email address]
To submit requests for information, please email
[3][email address]
For development of new information, advice & guidance platform, please
email: [4][email address]
To contact us regarding an FOI Request, please email
[5][email address]
Office: Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate, BS37 5AF
Postal Address: Department for Children, Adults and Health, Feedback and
Information Governance Team, PO Box 1955, BRISTOL, BS37 0DE
_______________________________________________________________
South Gloucestershire Council Achieving excellence for our residents
and their communities, ensuring South Gloucestershire continues to be a
great place to live and work
References
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1. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[email address]
4. mailto:[email address]
5. mailto:[email address]
6. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
7. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/privacy
Dear Freedom of information,
Thank you for responding to my FOI request.
I have reviewed the document you sent and the links in detail, and thank you for providing some of the information. However, at this time I cannot mark the request as finished. This is because you referenced 'attached' and 'enclosed' materials at several points in your response document, but no further documents were attached or enclosed.
Can you please check the response and ensure all documents that you non-exempt documents are included?
Yours sincerely,
Ben Argo
Thank you for your email.
This is an automatic response confirming receipt of your email.
Where a response is required we will aim to acknowledge your email within
5 working days and we will advise you of the next steps for dealing with
your request.
You can now apply, report or request a service using our online forms on
[1]www.southglos.gov.uk. Using our online forms is often quicker and
easier because they feed directly into our systems and automatically pass
information to the teams responsible; you will receive a confirmation
email with a reference number, along with a timescale for us to resolve
your enquiry.
To find out how South Gloucestershire Council uses and protects your
information visit [2]www.southglos.gov.uk/privacy for our Privacy Notice.
Kind regards
Customer Care
_______________________________________________________________
South Gloucestershire Council Achieving excellence for our residents
and their communities, ensuring South Gloucestershire continues to be a
great place to live and work
References
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1. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
2. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/privacy
3. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
4. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/privacy
Dear Mr Argo,
Please accept my apologies for this oversight on my part.
The referred to files are now attached.
Yours sincerely,
Lucy Robbins
Feedback and Information Governance Officer
Feedback and Information Governance Team
People Department
South Gloucestershire Council
Tel: 01454 864740
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/
Team Complaints Line 01454 865924
To provide us with feedback about our services, please email [email address]
To submit requests for information, please email [email address]
For development of new information, advice & guidance platform, please email: [email address]
To contact us regarding an FOI Request, please email
[email address]
Office: Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate, BS37 5AF
Postal Address: Department for Children, Adults and Health, Feedback and Information Governance Team, PO Box 1955, BRISTOL, BS37 0DE
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