Changes to short breaks services for adults with a learning disability
Dear Common Council of the City of London,
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I kindly request the following information in relation to short breaks services for adults with a learning disability in your local authority. NB: short breaks services are also known as respite services.
1) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability were known to social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11, c) 2011/12 and d) 2012/13?
2) What was your net expenditure for short breaks services for adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what was the agreed budget figure for 2012/13?
3) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability attended short breaks services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what is your projection for short breaks service use in 2012/13?
4) How many short breaks services closed in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) have you closed/are you planning to close any short breaks services in 2012/13?
5) If there have been short breaks service closures within the local authority, have alternative services been put in place for those who attended the short breaks service?
Please give details of a) the number of adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability who attended the service(s) that closed, and b) the number of adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability who attend the alternative service(s) (if applicable).
Yours faithfully,
Jo Davies
Dear Ms Davies,
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Dear Mr Davies,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
Following receipt of your request for information on 6 September and our
acknowledgement of 6 September, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.
1) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability were known to
social services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11, c) 2011/12 and d) 2012/13?
2009/2010 = 13
2010/2011 = 12
2011/2012 = 12
2012/2013 = 13
2) What was your net expenditure for short breaks services for adults aged
18-64 with a learning disability in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12,
and d) what was the agreed budget figure for 2012/13?
Any payments for short breaks are included within the clients overall care
package and are not separately identifiable.
3) How many adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability attended short
breaks services in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c) 2011/12, and d) what is
your projection for short breaks service use in 2012/13?
We do not provide short breaks as we have no short breaks provision. See
also answer to Q2 above.
4) How many short breaks services closed in a) 2009/10, b) 2010/11 and c)
2011/12, and d) have you closed/are you planning to close any short breaks
services in 2012/13? N/A.
5) If there have been short breaks service closures within the local
authority, have alternative services been put in place for those who
attended the short breaks service? N/A
Please give details of a) the number of adults aged 18-64 with a learning
disability who attended the service(s) that closed, and b) the number of
adults aged 18-64 with a learning disability who attend the alternative
service(s) (if applicable). N/A
Please note that the City (the "Square Mile") has a resident population of
about 9700.
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Business Service Officer
Department of Community and Children’s Services
City of London
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