Social care policy
Dear Croydon Borough Council,
I am writing to ask for some information about social care. I would be grateful for:
1. A copy of your most up-to-date social care charging policy and previous policy if it has been changed since 2015.
2. If the policy has been changed, I would like to know the date it was changed on.
3. A copy of your current policy relating to Disability Related Expenditure.
4. The annual cost of collecting charges for social care support over the past three years.
5. The annual amount brought into the local authority over the past three years and the projected amount for 2022- 2023.
6. The number of social care service users who are currently in arrears and out of these people, the percentage of people who are on a higher rate DLA or enhanced PIP.
7. The number of social care service users who have had debt management proceedings started against them and out of these people, the percentage of people who are on a higher rate DLA or enhanced PIP.
8. The annual savings that the Council has had to make within its adult social services budget for 2022 – 2023 and the three previous years.
Yours faithfully,
Isabella
FOI/EIR
Our reference: 5089493
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Dear Isabella
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 11 July
2022.
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and we aim to send a response by 8 August 2022, however due to the
current COVID 19 (Coronavirus) outbreak you may experience some delay in
us responding to your request.
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Yours sincerely,
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Adult social care and health
Floor 7, Zone C
Bernard Weatherill House,
8 Mint Walk,
Croydon, CR0 1EA
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Our reference: 5089493
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Dear Isabella
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to your recent request, under Section 8 of the Freedom of
Information Act, you are required to provide your full name in order for
us to process this. One name in isolation is not a valid request.
Please see Page 7 of the attached guidance from the Information
Commissioner for further details. Kindly be informed that the time for
processing your request stops until we hear from you.
I will not be able to take this matter further without this extra
information from you. Please let me know by 5 September 2022. I f I do not
hear from you within the timeframe provided, I shall take it that you do
not wish to pursue this request and will consider the request closed.
Yours sincerely,
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Information Team
Floor 7, Zone B
Bernard Weatherill House,
8 Mint Walk,
Croydon, CR0 1EA
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which may be legally privileged and/or subject to the provisions of
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