Carers Act Funding 2019 to 2020

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Wendy

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To: The Coalition of Carers in Scotland

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information,
Reference No: 2020.003.IJB

Thank you for your information request which was received by Fife
Integration Joint Board on Monday 2^nd March 2020.

Section 8 (1) (b) of the Act states that, to be valid, information
requests must state the name of the applicant who is making the request
(i.e. requests cannot be made anonymously).

Please can you provide the name of the applicant to enable us to progress
your request?

For example:

Yours sincerely

Lesley

Lesley Gauld

Information Compliance Manager

Health and Social Care

________________________________________

From: The Coalition of Carers in Scotland
<[1][FOI #651271 email]>

Sent: 28 February 2020 17:04

To: ANDERSON, Wendy (NHS FIFE)

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Carers Act Funding 2019 to 2020

Dear Fife Health and Social Care Partnership,

Funding for carers 2019/20

I request the following recorded information under the terms of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

In its 2019/20 budget the Scottish Government allocated an additional
£10.5million for continuing to work to embed the recently established
rights for Scotland’s unpaid carers with an additional £10.5 million

This provided a total allocation of £27.9m for carers (an increase from
£17.4m in 2018/19) This resource was designed in part to implement the
duties within the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, including the duty to
provide support to carers to meet their eligible needs.

Please indicate the following:

A.      Exact sum (expressed as a monetary amount) which was allocated to
the Health and Social Care Partnership for the purpose of implementing the
duties in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 in the financial year 2019 /2020

B.      A full breakdown of what the money allocated to implementing the
duties in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 has been used for.  Please use
the following headings below to set out how it has been allocated.

1.      Strategic carer posts in HSCPs

2.      Carers support posts in HSCPs

3.      Allocated to local Health Board (including implementation of
Section 28)

4.      Funding to carers centres

(please provide breakdown)

5.      Funding to young carers services (including funding directed to
young carers through local carers centres

(please provide breakdown)

6.      Funding to other third sector orgs

(please provide breakdown)

7.      Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (adult carers)

8.      Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (young carers)

9.      Allocated against loss of income for waiving charges for carers

(please separate this from resources allocated to short break services or
replacement care)

10.     Other direct carer support (adult carers)

11.     Other direct carer support (young carers)

12.     Awareness raising of the Carers Act

13.     Carer engagement / consultation activities

14.     Other

(please provide breakdown)

15.     Used for a different purpose, other than supporting carers and
implementing the Carers Act

(please provide explanation)

16.     Currently not allocated / set aside

(please provide explanation)

Yours faithfully,

The Coalition of Carers in Scotland

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Hi Claire

Thanks for the prompt response, that's great.

I can confirm that your request is currently being processed and that the
IJB will respond to you under the terms of FOISA, and within the
timescales required by FOISA.

Many thanks

Lesley

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Dear Claire

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Request for Information Reference No.: 2020.003.IJB

I refer to your request of Monday 2nd March 2020, under the above legislation, requesting information relating on the Carers Act Funding 2018 to 2019.

Apologies for the delay in sending this response to you, and thank you for your patience during the current circumstances.

Please see a response in the attached documents, I hope this information is helpful to you.

Please do not hesitate to contact me by email, or by telephone: 03451 555555 ext. 440971 if I can be of further assistance.

Fife Health and Social Care Partnership maintain a Publication Scheme with details of further information which may be of interest to you. The Publication Scheme is available on our website: http://www.fifehealthandsocialcare.org/p....

If you are unhappy with any aspect of how we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review the handling of your request. You are entitled to ask for a review up to 40 working days from the date of the initial response. You will receive a full response to your request for review within 20 working days of its receipt.

Please send your request for review to: [email address] or send your request in writing to: Director of Health and Social Care, Rothesay House, Rothesay Place, Glenrothes, KY7 5PQ.

If you are dissatisfied with the way in which we have handled your request for review you may ask the Scottish Information Commissioner to review our decision. You must submit your complaint to the Commissioner within 6 months of receiving the response to the review letter. Contact details for the Scottish Information Commissioner are included below.

Your sincerely

Lesley

Lesley Gauld
Information Compliance Manager
Health and Social Care
Rothesay House
Glenrothes
KY7 5PQ

Contact details for the Scottish Information Commissioner:

The Office of the Scottish information Commissioner Kinburn Castle Doubledykes Road St Andrews
KY16 9DS

Tel: 01334 464610
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website: http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/
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From: The Coalition of Carers in Scotland <[FOI #651271 email]>
Sent: 28 February 2020 17:04
To: ANDERSON, Wendy (NHS FIFE)
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Carers Act Funding 2019 to 2020

Dear Fife Health and Social Care Partnership,

Funding for carers 2019/20
I request the following recorded information under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

In its 2019/20 budget the Scottish Government allocated an additional £10.5million for continuing to work to embed the recently established rights for Scotland's unpaid carers with an additional £10.5 million

This provided a total allocation of £27.9m for carers (an increase from £17.4m in 2018/19) This resource was designed in part to implement the duties within the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016, including the duty to provide support to carers to meet their eligible needs.

Please indicate the following:
A. Exact sum (expressed as a monetary amount) which was allocated to the Health and Social Care Partnership for the purpose of implementing the duties in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 in the financial year 2019 /2020

B. A full breakdown of what the money allocated to implementing the duties in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 has been used for. Please use the following headings below to set out how it has been allocated.

1. Strategic carer posts in HSCPs
2. Carers support posts in HSCPs
3. Allocated to local Health Board (including implementation of Section 28)
4. Funding to carers centres
(please provide breakdown)
5. Funding to young carers services (including funding directed to young carers through local carers centres
(please provide breakdown)
6. Funding to other third sector orgs
(please provide breakdown)
7. Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (adult carers)
8. Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (young carers)
9. Allocated against loss of income for waiving charges for carers
(please separate this from resources allocated to short break services or replacement care)
10. Other direct carer support (adult carers)
11. Other direct carer support (young carers)
12. Awareness raising of the Carers Act
13. Carer engagement / consultation activities
14. Other
(please provide breakdown)
15. Used for a different purpose, other than supporting carers and implementing the Carers Act
(please provide explanation)
16. Currently not allocated / set aside
(please provide explanation)

Yours faithfully,

The Coalition of Carers in Scotland

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #651271 email]

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https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

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https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

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https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

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