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Dear Andrew Whyte 

RE: Number of out-of-area placements for adults with learning
difficulties, mental health disorders and complex needs 
Thank you for contacting the council on 09/12/2022.
Your case will be assigned to an officer and you should receive their
details soon.

Please use this reference number IRC-25436-Y3Q8M1 when contacting us about
this case.
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proceed, in which case we will contact you. 

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please visit our website: [3]https://www.brent.gov.uk/your-council/ 
Yours sincerely 
London Borough of Brent

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Our Ref: IRC-25436-Y3Q8M1

Dear Andrew Whyte
Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your information request received on 09/12/2022.
This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You requested the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 please could you provide details
of the following commissioning information:
 
Part 1
(a) The total number of adults in each local authority who are placed
outside the local authority receiving care/support with a learning
difficulty.
(b) The total number of adults in each local authority who are placed
outside the local authority receiving care/support with a mental health
disorder.
(c) The total number of adults in each local authority who are placed
outside the local authority receiving care/support with complex needs.
Part 2
If available, please could the above information for parts 1a, 1b and 1c
also be provided by calendar month in 2022.

I can confirm that Brent Council holds the information you have
requested.
 
I have provided a snapshot of the data held at the end of each calendar
month to show how many service users were receiving an ASC service within
the required categories (a,b and c) requested in Part 1 and Part 2 of the
Freedom of Information request. .

The answers are provided in a hierarchy of care category; LD>MH>Complex
Care e.g. if a person’s Primary Support Reason is Mental Health and is a
Dementia Care placement, this person would appear in MH category ( a
service user would only appear in one category, counting individually).
 

Snapshot on Last Day of Month (December gives the current figures as of
today)
31st 28th 31st 30th 31st 30th 31st 31st 30th 31st 30th 31st
Jan Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Care Category 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Dementia
(Complex
Care) 151 154 152 149 151 152 147 150 154 156 152 149
Learning
Disability 89 89 89 89 89 89 88 89 88 84 84 84
Mental Health 102 101 102 104 109 108 107 109 111 113 113 112
Total 342 344 343 342 349 349 342 348 353 353 349 345

If you are dissatisfied with the way, in which your request has been
handled or the outcome, you may request an internal review within two
calendar months of the date of this response by writing to the following
address:

Freedom of Information
Brent Civic Centre
Engineers Way
Wembley
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review, you have a right to appeal directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at:

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Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Phone: 0303 123 1113
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I will now close your request as of the date of this letter. 

Yours sincerely 
Rebecca Byrne
 
Rebecca Byrne
Head of Learning Disability and Mental Health

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