Requests from Leonard Cheshire Disability for fees increases: previously inflationary, now Living Wage related?
Dear Hull City Council,
In 2015, you were kind enough to respond to my Freedom of Information requests of January and May about (inter alia) any representation from Leonard Cheshire Disability requesting an increase in their fees to enable them to pay the Living Wage. You indicated that whilst Leonard Cheshire had requested an increase, perhaps inflationary, they had not mentioned their wish to pay the Living Wage as a reason for the requested increase.
I wonder if you could please indicate if Leonard Cheshire have since been in contact or negotiation with you on this issue, and if so, what was the nature and content of this contact or these contacts.
NB: I wish to differentiate between the living wage set by the Living Wage Foundation, and the "living wage" (effectively an increase in the minimum wage) as set by Osborne in the Autumn statement. I wish to know what representations, if any, LCD have made to you to increase their fees so they can pay their carers the Living Wage set by the Living Wage Foundation.
Yours faithfully,
Doug Paulley
Dear Mr Paulley,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 000287/16
We acknowledge receipt of your information request received on 15^th
February 2016 which is being processed according to the Freedom of
Information Act (2000)
The legislation allows us 20 working days to respond which takes us to
14^th March 2016 There are some circumstances under which this deadline
may be extended legally but we will inform you as soon as we know if these
apply.
Questions
I wonder if you could please indicate if Leonard Cheshire have since been
in contact or negotiation with you on this issue, and if so, what was the
nature and content of this contact or these Contacts.
Should you wish to complain about our response in any way this must
initially be done by e-mailing [1][Hull City Council request email] or by
contacting us at The Information Governance Team, The Guildhall, Alfred
Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review then you
may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the
government body established to enforce the legislation.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Web site: [2]https://ico.org.uk
Report a concern: [3]https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Email: [4][email address]
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)
ICO states that any emails you choose to send to them, or that they send
to you, are not secure as email messages can be intercepted.
ICO asks that you include a contact telephone number on any emails you
send to them.
The Council’s Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[5]www.hullcc.gov.uk. Also available is a booklet on ‘Accessing
Information from Hull City Council’ which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Mobbs
Service Support Officer
Town Clerks Service
Guildhall
Hull
HU1 2AA
Telephone 01482 300300
[email address]
[6]Hull - UK City of Culture 2017
Dear Information Governance,
I wonder if you could please update me on the status of my request? The 20 working days have passed.
Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
Doug Paulley
Dear Mr Paulley
Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to you request. We hope to be able to provide this information to you no later than the end of next week.
Information Governance Team
Town Clerk's Service
Tel: 01482 300300
Dear Information Governance,
On 18 March you said,
"Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding to you request. We hope to be able to provide this information to you no later than the end of next week."
You haven't.
Yours sincerely,
Doug Paulley
Dear Mr Paulley
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information Request - 000287/16
With regard to your Freedom of Information request please accept our
sincere apologies for the delay in providing our response below.
I wonder if you could please indicate if Leonard Cheshire have since been
in contact or negotiation with you on this issue, and if so, what was the
nature and content of this contact or these contacts.
Hull City Council is conducting both one to one and group engagement with
local providers delivering services in the Hull boundary.
Other Local Authorities will also be also following a period of
consultation with providers - in its relevant boundary – to also look at
the annual uplift and National Living Wage impacts.
Hull City Council will review any out of area placements or uplifts on a
case by case basis; however, the presence stance is to ensure local rates
are honored for out of area placements – especially where there is
evidence of value testing or a Usual Cost of Care has been undertaken (or
similar exercise) – or to negotiate costs to meet an assessed presentation
of need based on similar provisions and support.
Although information supplied in response to your request may be in a pdf
format please feel free to contact us should you wish the information to
be supplied in an alternative more readable/reusable format
We hope that you will be satisfied with our response and should you
require any further information then please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Should you wish to complain about our response in any way this must
initially be done by e-mailing [1][Hull City Council request email] or by
contacting us at The Information Governance Team, The Guildhall, Alfred
Gelder Street, Hull, HU1 2AA.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review then you
may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the
government body established to enforce the legislation.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Web site: [2]https://ico.org.uk
Report a concern: [3]https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
Email: [4][email address]
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 (national rate)
ICO states that any emails you choose to send to them, or that they send
to you, are not secure as email messages can be intercepted.
ICO asks that you include a contact telephone number on any emails you
send to them.
The Council’s Freedom of Information Policy, which includes the charging
policy, is available on request and from the web site
[5]www.hullcc.gov.uk. Also available is a booklet on ‘Accessing
Information from Hull City Council’ which explains how to request
information and your rights (according to the Data Protection Act 1998 and
The Freedom of Information Act 2000).
This information may be subject to copyright. The Freedom of Information
Act does not give you an automatic right to re-use this information in a
way that would infringe copyright, for example, by publishing it or
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If you wish to re-use this information and this was not specified in your
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Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Town Clerk's Service
Resources Directorate
Hull City Council
Tel: 01482 300300
Dear Hull City Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Hull City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Requests from Leonard Cheshire Disability for fees increases: previously inflationary, now Living Wage related?'.
The information supplied is not the information that I requested.
"I wish to know what representations, if any, LCD have made to you to increase their fees so they can pay their carers the Living Wage set by the Living Wage Foundation."
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/r...
Yours faithfully,
Doug Paulley
Dear Mr Paulley,
Please find the outcome of your internal review within the attached file.
Kind Regards,
Information Governance Team
Hull City Council
[1][email address]
01482 300300
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