Social Care Policies

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Dear Bromley Borough Council,

I would be grateful for the following information:

1. How much money have you spent on implementing a pre-payment card system for social care service users over the last five years?
2. How much money have you spent on other consultancy support to manage social care budgets over the last five years?
3. Have you raised council tax to pay for social care costs?
4. Do you have a Social Care Charging policy? If so, pleased attach it.
5. Please attach a copy of your Direct Payments Agreement.

Yours faithfully,

Rachel O'Brien
Inclusion London

Adult Social Care FOI enquiries, Bromley Borough Council

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Dear Requester

 

Further to your recent FOI enquiry, having completed my enquiries, please
refer to your original email below for responses highlighted in blue.

 

We trust this completes your FOI enquiry which has now been closed.

 

Thank you for your request.

 

Regards

 

 

 

 

FOI Co-ordinator

Strategy, Performance & Corporate Transformation Division

Bromley Council, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH
[1]www.bromley.gov.uk

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Dear Bromley Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Bromley Borough Council's handling of my FOI request 'Social Care Policies'.

Thank you for the information provided. However, the link to your Direct Payments policy (as per question 5) appears to be broken. Please could you respond with a working link.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Rachel O'Brien

Data Protection (Group Mailbox), Bromley Borough Council

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Dear Rachel O'Brien,

I can only apologise that the link to the Direct Payments Policy did not work.

I have attached a PDF version of this document to this email so you will be able to access it.

If you still require an Internal Review into your FOI request please get in contact.

Kind Regards

Jonathan Loughlin
Information Coordinator
London Borough of Bromley

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