Adult Social Care Spending England
Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments? What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support? What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services, finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees, costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a) supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested (costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel
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Dear Hillingdon Borough Council,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned
by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in
total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social
care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services,
finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if
you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of
employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees,
costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct
payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support
directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to
domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct
Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which
providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct
payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each
provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how
much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a)
supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into
client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their
direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the
financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested
(costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO
guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel
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Dear FOI,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments? What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support? What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services, finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees, costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a) supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested (costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Reed
Dear Daniel Reed,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 04/10/2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests. Therefore, the deadline for our response is
01/11/2022
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Enquiry & FOI Liaison Officer
Corporate Resources and Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
3S/03 Civic Centre
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To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Adult Social Care Spending
England
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Dear FOI,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned
by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in
total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social
care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services,
finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if
you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of
employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees,
costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct
payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support
directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to
domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct
Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which
providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct
payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each
provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how
much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a)
supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into
client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their
direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the
financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested
(costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO
guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Reed
FOI 9378283
Dear Daniel Reed
I am writing regarding your request for information below. I note from
our records that the response to your request is due today. Unfortunately,
we are unable to respond today and there will be a slight delay in
our response. Please accept my apologies for this and we will endeavour
to respond as soon as we are able.
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
If you wish to request an internal review of our response you should
write, within 2 months, to:
Office Managing Partner, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge,
UB8 1UW (or via email to [1][email address] marked for the attention
of the Office Managing Partner).
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer | London Borough of
Hillingdon | Legal Services 3E/04
Tel: 01895 55 8298 | FOI Email: [2][email address] | SAR
Email: [3][email address]
Address: London Borough of Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW
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From: SCH FOI <[email address]>
Sent: 05 October 2022 10:40
To: [FOI #902424 email]
<[FOI #902424 email]>
Cc: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 9378283 - From: Daniel Reed - Due: 1st November 2022
Dear Daniel Reed,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 04/10/2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests. Therefore, the deadline for our response is
01/11/2022
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Enquiry & FOI Liaison Officer
Corporate Resources and Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
3S/03 Civic Centre
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From: Dan <[FOI #902424 email]>
Sent: 04 October 2022 14:16
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Adult Social Care Spending
England
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Dear FOI,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned
by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in
total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social
care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services,
finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if
you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of
employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees,
costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct
payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support
directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to
domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct
Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which
providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct
payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each
provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how
much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a)
supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into
client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their
direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the
financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested
(costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO
guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Reed
FOI 9378283
Dear Daniel Reed,
I am writing in response to your request for information below.
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
We decline to provide a specific response pursuant to section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the information is available via
another
source: [1]https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-informat....
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
We decline to provide a specific response pursuant to section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the information is available via
another
source: [2]https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-informat....
Data is not held by the number of hours.
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned
by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in
total and just for domiciliary care/support?
We decline to provide a specific response pursuant to section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 as the information is available via
another
source: [3]https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-informat....
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social
care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services,
finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if
you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of
employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees,
costs X per annum).
2016 - £18.76m.
2017 - £18.76m.
2018 - £11.15m.
2019 - £11.52m.
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
445.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct
payment for Care Act services?
Year 2022/Oct 2022 total of 451.
Year 2021/2022 total of 431.
Year 2019/2021 total of 409.
Year 2018/2019 total of 420.
Year 2017/2018 total of 407.
Year 2016/2017 total of 331.
Year 2015/2016 total of 314.
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support
directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to
domiciliary care support.
100%.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct
Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which
providers are signposted to?
We do inform our Direct Payment clients of our approved providers. We work
closely with Paypacket, NPS (National Payroll Service), Knowlesy,
Mountside and David Howard.
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct
payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipients use each
provider?
Paypacket - 157.
Knowlesy - 1.
NPS - 15.
Mountside - 4.
David Howard - Newly registered with LBH.
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how
much?
We do not fund directly to payroll providers; the cost of the service is
calculated within the client support plan. Clients liaise directly with
their chosen payroll service including all fees for the service.
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a)
supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into
client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their
direct payment)?
Supported Bank Account - 2 (Adults and SEN clients).
Pre-paid - 622 (Adults and SEN clients).
Traditional payment into clients' bank account - 1 (SEN).
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
If you wish to request an internal review of our response you should
write, within 2 months, to:
Office Managing Partner, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge,
UB8 1UW (or via email to [4][email address] marked for the attention
of the Office Managing Partner).
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards,
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer | London Borough of
Hillingdon | Legal Services 3E/04
Tel: 01895 55 8298 | FOI Email: [5][email address] | SAR
Email: [6][email address]
Address: London Borough of Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW
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Sent: 01 November 2022 16:26
To: [FOI #902424 email]
<[FOI #902424 email]>
Cc: SCH FOI <[email address]>; FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 9378283 - From: Daniel Reed - Due: 1st November 2022 -
Holding Response
FOI 9378283
Dear Daniel Reed
I am writing regarding your request for information below. I note from
our records that the response to your request is due today. Unfortunately,
we are unable to respond today and there will be a slight delay in
our response. Please accept my apologies for this and we will endeavour
to respond as soon as we are able.
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
If you wish to request an internal review of our response you should
write, within 2 months, to:
Office Managing Partner, Legal Services, Civic Centre, High St, Uxbridge,
UB8 1UW (or via email to [7][email address] marked for the attention
of the Office Managing Partner).
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards
Data Protection & Freedom of Information Officer | London Borough of
Hillingdon | Legal Services 3E/04
Tel: 01895 55 8298 | FOI Email: [8][email address] | SAR
Email: [9][email address]
Address: London Borough of Hillingdon Civic Centre, Uxbridge, UB8 1UW
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From: SCH FOI <[email address]>
Sent: 05 October 2022 10:40
To: [FOI #902424 email]
<[FOI #902424 email]>
Cc: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: FOI 9378283 - From: Daniel Reed - Due: 1st November 2022
Dear Daniel Reed,
I am writing in response to your request for information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, received 04/10/2022
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 we have 20 working days to
respond to your requests. Therefore, the deadline for our response is
01/11/2022
If we require further information or clarification from you to assist us
in responding to your request, or if we require a fee to be paid before we
can respond we will contact you shortly.
Yours sincerely
Michelle Barber
Members Enquiry & FOI Liaison Officer
Corporate Resources and Services
London Borough of Hillingdon
3S/03 Civic Centre
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
From: Dan <[FOI #902424 email]>
Sent: 04 October 2022 14:16
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Adult Social Care Spending
England
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Dear FOI,
For the past seven financial years:
1. How much has the council spent on Adult Social Care (“ASC”) as a whole?
2. How much of the total ASC budget has been paid out as direct payments?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned?
3. How much does the council spend on care providers directly commissioned
by the local authority? Of this, how much is for domiciliary care support?
What is the total number of hours that are being commissioned both in
total and just for domiciliary care/support?
4. How much does the council spend on the administration of adult social
care? Please include staffing costs e.g. management, support services,
finance, secretaries, social workers or similar. It would be helpful if
you could break this down by seniority and then include the number of
employees in each category (i.e. social workers = X number of employees,
costs X per annum).
5. Please indicate the total number of employees employed by ASC.
6. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of a direct
payment for Care Act services?
7. How many of your local authority’s customers are in receipt of support
directly commissioned by the local authority? We are only referring to
domiciliary care support.
8. As part of your duties under the Care Act, do you signpost Direct
Payment users to support services such as payroll providers? |f so, which
providers are signposted to?
9. Can you provide the names of the payroll providers used by your direct
payment recipients, and how many direct payment recipient use each
provider?
10. Does the council pay any payroll providers directly and if so, how
much?
11. Please indicate the number of direct payment recipients that use a)
supported bank account, b) pre-paid and c) traditional payment into
client’s bank account (ie. separate account client uses only for their
direct payment)?
Please ensure figures are given in a consistent format (i.e. stick to the
financial year), I would like to receive the quantitative data requested
(costs, number of hours, number of people etc) In accordance with ICO
guidance on data sets, in a re-usable Excel format.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Reed
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