Information for 0-25 year old's who have a learning disability, autism or both
Case reference FOI2024/00211
Published 22 February 2024
Request
Please can you provide the following information, in each category I am asking for:
1. numbers of individuals
2. total weekly cost
3. average weekly amount per person
Please can you provide information tor 0-25 year old's who have a learning disability, autism or both. Please break down to the following financial years:
2022/23 (actual)
2023/24 (actual and forecast)
2024/25 (forecast)
1. How many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for day services, carer breaks or to meet needs around community access and/or learning? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
2. How many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for support work? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
For clarification for Support work I am referring to any part of a direct payment that is allocated to a resident to use to purchase care from one or more persons. This may be a personal assistant or a care agency.
It is distinct from respite and day services which are usually place based.
3. How much is paid weekly to people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) under short breaks scheme, to how many people and what is the average weekly payment. Broken down to the following groups?
4) What is the total budget for 0 - 25 year olds with a learning disability, autism or both in social care and education for:
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
5) How much have Herefordshire county council spent or forecast to be spent in contracted budgets and how much allocated to spend on Direct Payments for 0 -25 year old's with a learning disability, autism or both for the following?
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
Response
Please can you provide the following information, in each category I am asking for:
1. numbers of individuals
2. total weekly cost
3. average weekly amount per person
Please can you provide information tor 0-25 year old's who have a learning disability, autism or both. Please break down to the following financial years:
2022/23 (actual)
2023/24 (actual and forecast)
2024/25 (forecast)
1. How many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for day services, carer breaks or to meet needs around community access and/or learning? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
We are unable to report data for Autism as this is not recorded as Primary Service Reason.
The number of people with a learning disability receiving Direct Payments within the age group 18 - 25 for day services, carer breaks or to meet needs around community access and/or learning are:
FY 2022/2023
Total Number of Users: 29
Total Weekly Cost: £14,350.24
Average Weekly Cost: £494.84
FY 2023/24 up to 22/01/24
Total Number of Users: 27
Total Weekly Cost: £14,244.72
Average Weekly Cost: £527.58
Please note some service users have mixed elements so have both support and community activities.
2024/25 - Forecast please see table provided in Question 5.
2. How many people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) receive Direct Payments from Herefordshire County Council for support work? how much is paid each week in total and what is the average weekly budget?
For clarification for Support work I am referring to any part of a direct payment that is allocated to a resident to use to purchase care from one or more persons. This may be a personal assistant or a care agency.
It is distinct from respite and day services which are usually place based.
The number of people with a learning disability receiving Direct Payments within the age group 18 - 25 for support work are:
FY 2022/2023
Total Number of Users: 38
Total Weekly Cost: £26,775.83
Average Weekly Cost: £704.63
FY 2023/24 22/01/24
Total Number of Users: 41
Total Weekly Cost: £36,286.71
Average Weekly Cost: £885.04
Please note some service users have mixed elements so have both support and community activities.
2024/25 - Forecast please see table provided in Question 5.
3. How much is paid weekly to people with a learning disability, autism or both (or their carers) under short breaks scheme, to how many people and what is the average weekly payment. Broken down to the following groups?
The Short Breaks Scheme is a scheme for children with Disabilities and not relevant to the 18 - 25 year old bracket. The service for adults would come under the Share Lives arrangements who offer respite and short breaks within a support family-based shared lives setting. This information is publically available on Herefordshire Council's website and can be viewed via the following link:
Shared Lives Scheme - Herefordshire Council
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
Please see the attached spreadsheet for information regarding the 0-17 age bracket.
4) What is the total budget for 0 - 25 year olds with a learning disability, autism or both in social care and education for:
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
18-25 year olds - Please see the attached spreadsheet.
The Service Area have confirmed that we do not have budget or spend breakdown for Autism - all figures are for whole of Learning Disabilities and is the total budget for all learning disabilities aged 18+years. These figures are Gross and the day opps/respite/direct payment figures are included in the All Services figures. We are unable to split respites by night and day cost.
Please see the attached spreadsheet for the information regarding the 0-17 age bracket.
5) How much have Herefordshire county council spent or forecast to be spent in contracted budgets and how much allocated to spend on Direct Payments for 0 -25 year old's with a learning disability, autism or both for the following?
a) day opportunities
b) respite (if possible broken down to overnight and day)
c) support work
18-25 year olds - Please see the attached spreadsheet.
The Service Area have confirmed that we do not have budget or spend breakdown for Autism - all figures are for whole of Learning Disabilities and is the total budget for all learning disabilities aged 18+years. These figures are Gross and the day opps/respite/direct payment figures are included in the All Services figures. We are unable to split respites by night and day cost.
Please see the attached spreadsheet for the information regarding the 0-17 age bracket.
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