Information request
Our reference: 26725050

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Dear Daniel
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Please provide us with your full name in order for us to process your
request.
 
I will not be able to take this matter further without this extra
information from you. Please let me know by 30/09/2022.
 
If I do not hear from you within the timeframe provided, I shall take it
that you do not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request
closed. 
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
FOI Team
 
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Information request
Our reference: 26833533

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Dear Daniel Reed
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 4 October
2022 concerning;   
 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.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 1 November 2022.
  
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 may restrict the release of some or
all of the information you have requested. We will carry out an assessment
and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
 
We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
 
Yours faithfully
 
 
FOI Team
 
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