Various Respite Provisions

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Dear Cambridgeshire County Council,
I am after the specific details of Families with Disabled Children (Between the ages of 16 – 25), who live within your Boundaries and access Respite services, which include both overnight respite care in a care home or similar and other types of respite care including short breaks but not in a care/care home situation, for the periods of 2010, 2011 & 2012
You & Your = Local Authority – Cambridgeshire County Council
1. What is the total cost met by you for these services during the above periods? (as stated above)

2. What is the number of families who reside within your boundaries that have Disabled children (as above) that received/entitled to respite care funded by you in each of the last three years (as above) broken down by year?

3. And what is the average cost per family receiving respite care paid for by you for each of the last three years broken down by year?

4. What are the estimates made by you about the forecasted/potential growth in the use of respite care for families with disabled children, funded by you?

5. Please can you provide any data held by you on the number of families with disabled children (ages as above) judged to be ‘in crisis’ and the cost of dealing with these families and the average cost to you per year (as per above)

6. And please can you define what qualifies a family as ‘in crisis’ as determined by the you
Thank you for your help
Kind regards

Adam Barron

FOI, Cambridgeshire County Council

Dear Mr Barron

Re: Freedom of Information Request ref 3556

Thank you for your email of 10 December 2013 in which you requested information about respite provisions for families.

Your request will be dealt with in line with the Freedom of Information Act and its regulations. In accordance with the Act, the Council aims to respond to all requests within 20 working days, in this instance, by 10 January 2014.

If we require further information, clarification or a fee in order to fulfil your request we will contact you again. Please quote the reference number above in all future correspondence concerning this request.

Yours sincerely,

Jo Withey
Information Governance Officer
SH1202
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
01223 729164

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Families Information Service, Cambridgeshire County Council

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Dear Mr Barron

I write with reference to your request of 11 December 2013, please find attached the requested information.

I hope this information is helpful but if you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review, you should write to Catherine Preston, Information Governance Manager, Box SH1202, Shire Hall, Cambridge CB3 0AP ([Cambridgeshire County Council request email]) within 40 days of the date of this email.

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. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Generally, the ICO will not undertake a review or make a decision on a request until the internal review process has been completed.

Regards

Jane Hargrave
Children, Families and Adults Information Team
Information Co-ordinator
Cambridgeshire County Council
Unit 7 The Meadow, Meadow Lane, St Ives, PE27 4LG
t: 01480 373752
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