IPC Grants

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Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,

In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, please can you provide answers details on the 1St lot of IPC grants;

1) How many care services operate within your local authority?
2) How many care services had opportunity to access the IPC grant?
3) How many care services (% or number) were able to successfully claim the full amount of the grant available to them?
4) How many care services (% or number) were able to successfully claim part of the grant available to them?
5) How many care services (% or number) were unable to make any claim against the grant available to them?
6) Of those who made part or no claim, what were the reasons they were unable to utilise this fund?
Have any changes been or prosed to be made for the next round of grant?
Yours faithfully,

Steve Field

FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

RE: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference: RFI 3302

Dear Steve Field

Thank you for your information request.

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Disclosures Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
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Email: [email address]
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FOI West, Cheshire West and Chester Council

Dear Steve Field

Thank you for your request for information of 20 November 2020 which has been logged as RFI 3302 and has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council holds information relating to your request.

For the purpose of clarity your request has been reproduced below:

1)How many care services operate within your local authority?
85 Care Homes and 72 Community Care Services and 62 Shared Lives Carers
2)How many care services had opportunity to access the IPC grant?
85 Care Homes and 72 Community Care Services and 62 Shared Lives Carers
3)How many care services (% or number) were able to successfully claim the full amount of the grant available to them?
83 Care Homes and 63 Community Care Services and 52 Shared Lives Carers
4)How many care services (% or number) were able to successfully claim part of the grant available to them?
All claimed the full amount
5)How many care services (% or number) were unable to make any claim against the grant available to them?
2 Care Homes and 9 Community Care Services and 10 Shared Lives Carers
6)Of those who made part or no claim, what were the reasons they were unable to utilise this fund?

Declined the funding or no care been awarded

Have any changes been or prosed to be made for the next round of grant?

There have been no changes or prosed to be made for the next round of the grant at this moment in time.
Guidance can be found here; https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

We trust this answers your query.

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Disclosures Team
Cheshire West and Chester Council
4 Civic Way
Ellesmere Port
CH64 0BE

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Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

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There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours sincerely

Disclosures Team – Customer Relations and Information Cheshire West and Chester Council
Tel: 0300 123 8 123
Email: [email address]
Location: Cheshire West and Chester Council, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 0BE
Visit: cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
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