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Dear Nikhil Prabhu

INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on 29th August.

Unfortunately, we cannot identify the information you have requested from
the details you have provided.  To help us respond to your request could
you please respond to the following points of clarification:

Can you clarify what you mean by homeless services?

For example, does this mean those who provide support to those who are
homeless or at threat of becoming homeless (such as homeless charities
etc)?

Does your definition extend to those who provide temporary accommodation
(such as bed and breakfasts and hotels)?

Once we receive your clarification, we will consider your request and
respond to you within the statutory timescale of 20 working days. Please
note that the timescale for responding has paused until we receive
clarification from you.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact us.

Yours sincerely

CORPORATE INFORMATION GOVERNANCE UNIT

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Dear Nikhil Prabhu,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information received on the 29^th August
2023. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information -

As in the past, I would like to make an FOI request for all payments to
suppliers who provided a service in Health and Social Care from Oct 2022 -
Jun 2023. As a minimum, please make sure to include the date, value and
recipient of each transaction. Please also provide details on the
procurement category of each transaction if you have it & any additional
descriptors.

This would include all suppliers falling under the categories :-

1. Children's services - Fostering & adoption (including payments made to
independent fostering agencies and for in-house fostering), residential
care, SEN (special education services)

2. Adult & elderly services - Residential/nursing care, domiciliary &
supported living, care at home providers

3. Providers who carry out homeless services.

Please see attached Excel sheet.

We supply this information based on your original request. If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

If you have any queries or concerns or are in any way dissatisfied with
the handling of your request please contact [1][Caerphilly County Borough
Council request email].

Yours sincerely

Corporate Information Governance Unit

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations
2004

You have the right to appeal against our decision.
If you wish to appeal please set out If you are unhappy with that decision
in writing your grounds of appeal you have the right to appeal to:
and send to:
Information Commissioner’s Office –
Corporate Information Governance Wales
Unit 2nd Floor, Churchill House
Caerphilly county borough council, Churchill Way
Penallta House Cardiff CF10 2HH
Tredomen Park
Hengoed. CF82 7PG Tel: 0330 414 6421

Appeals will be determined by an Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk
appropriate senior officer.
Email: [3][email address]

Re-use of information without permission may infringe the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988. Re-use can include, but is not limited to,
making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies of the information
to a wider audience. If you would like to re-use copyright material owned
by Caerphilly County Borough Council, please contact us. Authorisation to
re-use copyright material not owned by this Authority should be sought
directly from the copyright owner.

How we will use your information

Caerphilly County Borough Council will process your request, the
information relevant to your request, your identity and contact details
for the purposes of providing you with a response.  A copy of your request
and your response will be kept for 3 years.  Some requests and responses
may be kept longer but this will be in an anonymised form.  

Your request including your identity and contact details will be
distributed to relevant service areas and elected members who may either
hold the information you have requested or are involved in the processing
of requests.  Other organisations and individuals who may be affected by
the disclosure of the information you have requested may be consulted
prior to a decision being made on the disclosure.

If you have made a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO)
or others in relation to the processing of your request, copies of your
request, response and any additional correspondence between you and
Caerphilly County Borough Council in relevant to your request may be
shared with them.

You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the
right of access to information we hold about you and the right of
complaint if you are unhappy with the way that we have handled your
request or your information.

For further information on how we process your information and your rights
please click the following link:

[4]https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Caerphilly...

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