Direct Payments in Domiciliary Care

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Dear Hackney Borough Council,

I would like to make an inquiry under the Freedom of information Act regarding Direct Payments in Domiciliary Care.

Please can you tell me the following; (all questions are related to Domiciliary Care for adults 18 and over)
1. The number of individuals receiving a Direct Payment for Domiciliary Care through an Agency
2. The number of Individuals receiving a Direct Payment to employ a Personal Assistant
3. The councils spend on Domiciliary care in the last financial year
4. How much of this spend is going through a direct payment in the last financial year (approximate is fine)
5. If the price per an hour an individual is given for agency support is fixed based on council rates (i.e. a regular price would be £14) or if it is up to the individual to negotiate their own rate?
6. Does the council have a target to increase the number of individuals using a direct payment? If so what is this target?
5. Does the council have a Direct Payment Support Service?
6. Is there a manager responsible for the monitoring of Direct Payments? What is their name and title?

Yours faithfully,
Callum

Hackney Borough Council

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Dear Mr Finn,

FOI Ref: FOI16-1103-10044

Thank you for submitting a Freedom of Information request. Your reference
number is FOI16-1103-10044.

Your request will be responded to within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely,

Information Management Team - FOI

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Dear Hackney Borough Council,

This request is overdue, please could a response be provided

Yours faithfully,

Callum Finn

Information Management, Hackney Borough Council

Dear Mr Finn

 

Re: Your Freedom of Information Request.

 

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request received by this office
on 02 November 2016. Having given due consideration to the request, we are
able to supply the following in response to your request:

 

Please can you tell me the following; (all questions are related to
Domiciliary Care for adults 18 and over)

 

1.    The number of individuals receiving a Direct Payment for Domiciliary
Care through an Agency

 

103

 

2.    The number of Individuals receiving a Direct Payment to employ a
Personal Assistant

 

298

 

3.    The councils spend on Domiciliary care in the last financial year

 

Total Home Care outturn for 2015/16         = £8.4m

 

4.    How much of this spend is going through a direct payment in the last
financial year (approximate is fine)

 

Total Direct Payment outturn for 2015/16 = £4.7m

 

It should be noted that the figure for Direct Payments represents the
total spend for the year which includes spend on personal care that may
have been provided through Homecare amongst other services.

 

5.    If the price per an hour an individual is given for agency support
is fixed based on council rates (i.e. a regular price would be £14) or if
it is up to the individual to negotiate their own rate?

 

There is an indicative hourly rate of £11.75 for service users to
commission support to meet their care needs. This hourly rate enables
service users to meet their care needs and ensure the Council’s commitment
to pay the London Living Wage.  

 

6.    Does the council have a target to increase the number of individuals
using a direct payment? If so what is this target?

 

There is no clearly defined target number although the Council is keen to
encourage people who are using services to have greater choice and control
about how, what and where they receive their services.

 

7.    Does the council have a Direct Payment Support Service?

 

Yes

 

8.    Is there a manager responsible for the monitoring of Direct
Payments? What is their name and title?

 

There is a manager for monitoring of Direct Payments, however, the LBH
policy is to only disclose the contact details for the post of Director of
Adult Services and above, please see below.

 

Simon Galczynski - Director, Adult Services

 

Email: [1][email address]

 

Please note the information is still covered by copyright legislation. You
are not authorised to re-use this information for commercial or research
purposes as defined by the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations
2005. If you do wish to re-use this information please contact the
Information Governance Team, 1^st Floor, 6-15 Florfield Road, London, E8
1DT.

 

If you are dissatisfied with this response and wish to appeal, please
contact the Information Management Team at the address below and your
appeal will be dealt with through our Internal Review procedure.

 

Information Management Team (FOI)

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0208 356 2144

 

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. He can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

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Telephone: 01625 545 700

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Kind regards

 

The Information Governance Team

The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient at
the email address to which it has been addressed. It may not be disclosed
to or used by anyone other than this addressee, nor may it be copied in
any way. If received in error, please contact Hackney Council,
www.hackney.gov.uk on 020 8356 3000 (out of hours - 020 8356 2300) quoting
the name of the sender and the addressee and then delete it from your
system. Please note that neither Hackney Council nor the sender accepts
any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan the
email and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of
Hackney Council by means of email communications.Please note that Hackney
Council reserves the right to monitor emails for the purpose of monitoring
or communications relevant to the Company’s business under the
Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception Of
Communications) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2699) ("the Regulations") for
the following reasons: to investigate or detect the unauthorised use of
the systems, e.g. that this policy is being observed, that no
discriminatory or offensive content appears in emails; to maintain an
adequate level of security for our computer systems; to detect any
computer viruses; to check mailboxes of absent employees. To exercise its
right under the Regulations, Hackney Council must have made all reasonable
efforts to inform every person who may use the system that interception
may take place and this notice to you should be regarded as such
notification..

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