Elderly home care information

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Dear Barking and Dagenham Borough Council,

I would like to obtain the following information under the FOI Act regarding elderly (65+) domiciliary care in your local authority.

1. The number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers (split into requested by users and awarded to providers if possible)
2. The estimated annual spend commissioned for Adult Social Care through private domiciliary care providers (split into budgeted / spent if possible)
3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks, Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc and their start/end dates, and the proportion of the split
4. When you anticipate retendering for elderly domiciliary care services
5. The names of the current elderly domiciliary care providers commissioned in your authority
6. A contact name, email address and contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority
7. The number of 65+ currently receiving a direct payment within your local authority
8. Does the council have a target to increase the number of individuals using a direct payment? If so what is this target?
9. The number of 65+ that require social care to now compared with 2010
10. Changes in spending on adult elderly social care per adult between 2010 and 2016
11. Proportion of 65+ care users who self-fund their care

Yours faithfully,

Melvin

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham,

Information request
Our reference: 4654833

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Dear Sir
 
Freedom of Information Act 2000
 
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 16 August
2017 concerning information under the FOI Act regarding elderly (65+)
domiciliary care in your local authority.
 
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 14 September 2017.
  
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 sincerely
 
 
The FOI team
[Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email]
 
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham,

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Information request
Our reference: 4654833

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Dear Sir / Madam
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 16 August 2017.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
The FOI Team
[Barking and Dagenham Borough Council request email]
 
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