Funding for carers 2018/19
I request the following recorded information under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
In its 2018/19 budget the Scottish Government allocated £66 million to local authorities for the following purpose:
'In 2018-19 we will provide an additional £66 million to bring the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 into force, to continue to support the delivery of the Living Wage for adult social care workers, and to increase payments for free personal and nursing care.'
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 provide a full breakdown of what the money allocated to implementing the duties in the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 was spent on in the financial year 2018 / 2019. Please use the following headings below to set out how it was spent
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)
Yours faithfully,
Claire Cairns
The Coalition of Carers in Scotland
Dear Ms Cairns
Thank you for your information request dated 7 January 2020 (received by Angus Council on 8 January 2020).
If we are unable to provide you with a response within 20 working days, we will advise you of this in writing.
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Yours sincerely
Brenda Angus
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Brenda Angus | Business Support Assistant | HR, Digital Enablement, IT & Business Support| Angus Council | Angus House | Orchardbank Business Park | Forfar | DD8 1AN | Tel: 01307 491752 |DX 530678 FORFAR|Email: [email address] ; [Angus Council request email]
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Dear Mr Cairns
Request for Information
Thank you for your request for information dated 7 January 2020 (received
by the Council on the 8 January) which has been passed to me for
attention.
You have requested the following information and I have provided our
response in bold type.
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 - AHSCP Strategic/Support Worker
- £38,000
2. Carers support posts in HSCPs (included in above figure)
3. Allocated to local Health Board (including implementation of
Section 28) - nil
4. Funding to carers centres (please provide breakdown) - nil
5. Funding to young carers services (including funding directed to
young carers through local carers centres (please provide breakdown) - nil
6. Funding to other third sector orgs (please provide breakdown) -
£15,000
7. Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (adult carers) -
£139,000
8. Short Breaks / respite / replacement care (young carers) -
(included in above figure)
9. Allocated against loss of income for waiving charges for carers
(please separate this from resources allocated to short break services or
replacement care) – included in figure for question 7
10. Other direct carer support (adult carers) - £8,000
11. Other direct carer support (young carers) - nil
12. Awareness raising of the Carers Act – see figure for questions 1
and 2
13. Carer engagement / consultation activities – included in figure
for question 4
14. Other (please provide breakdown) - nil
15. Used for a different purpose, other than supporting carers and
implementing the Carers Act (please provide explanation) - nil
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Keith Whitefield
Data Protection Officer, Angus Health and Social Care Partnership
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
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Your Right to Complain to the Council
If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Angus Council has dealt with
your request for information under any of the above statutory instruments,
you have a right to ask the council to review its actions and/or decisions
regarding your request. If you wish to do this, you should make your
request to the Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Angus Council, Angus
House, Orchardbank Business Park, Forfar DD8 1AN or e-mail
[5][Angus Council request email] within 40 working days.
Your request must:
· be in writing (or recordable format);
· give your name and address for correspondence;
· give details of the information which you originally requested
from the council; and
· give the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which
your application for information has been dealt with.
Your application for review will then be considered by the council’s
review panel. The review panel will write to you informing you of its
decision not later than 20 working days after receipt of your request for
a review. The review panel will also provide you with a statement of its
reasons for arriving at the decision it has made.
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If you are dissatisfied with a decision of the council's review panel (or
where the review panel has not provided you with a response), you have the
right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as
to whether your request for information has been dealt with by the council
in accordance with the above statutory instruments.
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o be in a recordable format (letter, e-mail, audio tape etc);
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council's review panel.
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Andrews, Fife, KY16 9BS; Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611;
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Keith Whitefield
Programme Manager & Data Protection Officer
Angus Health and Social Care Partnership
Improvement & Development Team
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