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Request for Information – LBR-FOI-03699 – social care charges

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 20 December 2023.

 

We aim to respond to you within 20 working days.

 

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FOI and DPA Officer

[email address]

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Dear Mr Abrams,

Thanks for your email.

Apologies for the overdue nature of this request. We have contacted the team dealing the request and made them aware of the urgency.

Please note we don't normally conduct internal reviews on requests that are overdue as there is nothing to review.

However we will endeavour to get your response to you as son as possible.

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Yours faithfully

FOI and DPA Officer
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Request for Information - LBR-FOI-03699 - social care charges

 

I refer to your request for information received on 20 December 2023. 
Please see the information below in response to your request: -

 

Your Request:

 

Please could I have the following information relating to social care
charges for users of social care in NON-RESIDENTIAL care settings:

 

1) How many people have been charged for non-residential care broken down
by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

 

2) How many of the above are working age ( between 18 and 66 years old)
broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

 

3) What was the total amount of money received by the Local Authority from
non-residential care charges broken down by financial years 2021/22 and
2022/23?

 

4) Can you provide me with the number of individuals broken down by
financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 who have had debt management
procedures initiated against them due to non-payment of non-residential
social care charges? (By debt management procedures, I mean any escalation
in debt recovery, such as automated reminders, letters before action, and
referral to a debt collection agency.)

 

5) How many individuals have been taken to court for not paying social
care charges broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

 

6) What is the total number of complaints and review requests related to
financial assessments for care charging, broken down by financial years
2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

 

7) Are there any standard disregards given to people as part of
Disability-Related Expenditure to assess their contributions for
non-residential care?

 

8) If the answer to the above question (no.7) is yes. How much is the
Disability Related Expenditure disregard?

 

9) Since April 2021, broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and
2022-2023, how many requests have been made for additional Disability
Related Expenditure?

 

Our Response:

 

 1) How many people have been charged for non-residential care broken down
by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

The information is a snapshot as at the end of the financial year. We do
not hold cumulative figures for this data:

 

Year
2021-22 649
2022-23 649

 

 

2) How many of the above are working age ( between 18 and 66 years old)
broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

The information is a snapshot as at the end of the financial year. We do
not hold cumulative figures for this data:

 

Year
2021-22 321
2022-23 318

 

 

3) What was the total amount of money received by the Local Authority from
non-residential care charges broken down by financial years 2021/22 and
2022/23?

 

21/22 £  2,804,000
22/23 £  2,687,000

 

4) Can you provide me with the number of individuals broken down by
financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 who have had debt management
procedures initiated against them due to non-payment of non-residential
social care charges? (By debt management procedures, I mean any escalation
in debt recovery, such as automated reminders, letters before action, and
referral to a debt collection agency.)

We do not maintain a record of this information.

 

5) How many individuals have been taken to court for not paying social
care charges broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

The following are the number of people referred to our legal department
during the year concerned:

 

2021/22

0

 

2022-23

0

 

6) What is the total number of complaints and review requests related to
financial assessments for care charging, broken down by financial years
2021-2022 and 2022-2023?

2021/22 Richmond - 3

2022-23 Richmond - 1

 

Reviews: We do not maintain a record of this information. Reviews are
conducted in the normal course of business and are concluded when a person
is satisfied with the result or if not a complaint is submitted.

 

7) Are there any standard disregards given to people as part of
Disability-Related Expenditure to assess their contributions for
non-residential care?

Yes as follows: -

£20 per week

 

8) If the answer to the above question (no.7) is yes. How much is the
Disability Related Expenditure disregard?

See above

 

9) Since April 2021, broken down by financial years 2021-2022 and
2022-2023, how many requests have been made for additional Disability
Related Expenditure?

We do not hold data for this

 

 

If you do not understand the information provided or wish to discuss
anything further, please feel free to contact us.

 

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the FOI officer.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the information provided in relation to your
request, you may make representations to the Information and Transparency
Manager.  Any such request for an internal review should be made within 40
days from today's date.  Correspondence should be addressed to:

[email address]

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision
at: [2]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Regards,

 

FOI and DPA Officer

[email address]

 

 

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