FOI release

VAT - Adult Care Services and Children’s Residential Care Providers

Case reference FOI2022/00824

Published 15 August 2022

Request

Q1. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?

Q2. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?

Q3. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?

Q4. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. CQC or CIW)

Q5. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?

Q6. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?

Q7. If so, how many care homes do they operate?

Q8. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?

Q9. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?

Please also provide the following information in relation to children's residential care:

Q10. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?

Q11. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?

Q12. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?

Q13. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. OFSTED or ESTYN)

Q14. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?

Q15. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?

Q16. If so, how many care homes do they operate?

Q17. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?

Q18. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?

Response

Q1. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?

Yes

Q2. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?

2

Q3. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?

Shaw Healthcare and Ditton Priors Care Home

Q4. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. CQC or CIW)

Yes

Q5. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?

N/A

Q6. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?

No

Q7. If so, how many care homes do they operate?

N/A

Q8. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?

N/A

Q9. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?

N/A

Please also provide the following information in relation to children's residential care:

Q10. Has the Council paid VAT on the fees paid to any care provider in the twelve months prior to this request?

Yes

Q11. If so, to how many care providers has the Council paid VAT?

9

Q12. What are the names of the care providers to whom the Council has paid VAT?

Benjamin UK Ltd

Cambian Group Ltd

Hillcrest Childrens Services

Horizon Transitional Care Ltd

Keys PCE Ltd

Meadows Care Ltd

Oikos Residential Family Centres Ltd

Unique Care Group

Utopia Children's Services Ltd

Q13. Are the care providers to whom the Council paid VAT registered with a regulatory body? (E.g. OFSTED or ESTYN)

Yes

Q14. If the care providers are not regulated, why not? What care services do they provide?

N/A

Q15. Does the Council operate any care homes directly?

No

Q16. If so, how many care homes do they operate?

N/A

Q17. Does the Council recover the VAT it incurs in operating those homes?

N/A

Q18. If so, how many of those homes does the Council recover the VAT on?

N/A

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