FOI Ref: 0099FOI2021

1st October 2020

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below:

Request

Dear Sheffield CCG,

This is an FOI request – it is a REPEAT/DUPLICATE of one sent to you on the 15th of October 2019 re learning disabilities. Please just forward your response to the original request.

1) Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for learning disabilities placements?

For questions 2 to 6, please supply this information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial years 2017/18 to 2018/19, and where possible, the most up to date snapshot available for 2019/20.

2) Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the CCG in residential care. 

3) Of the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the CCG in residential care (q.2) please provide the number that are in ‘in area’ placements and the number that are in ‘out of area’ placements.

4) Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the CCG in supported living. 

5) Please provide the number of adults with learning disabilities who transitioned from children’s learning disabilities services into adult’s services - in total, into adult residential care services only, and into adult supported living services only.

6) Please provide the number of adults with learning disabilities who ‘stepped down’ from specialist inpatient hospital placements into adult residential care and supported living services.

7) Please provide the CCG’s total expenditure on residential care and supported living for adults with learning disabilities for each of the financial years 2017/18 to 2018/19, and where possible, budgeted expenditure for 2019/20. If expenditure for 2019/20 is not yet available, please provide projected expenditure.

8) Please provide the highest, lowest, and average weekly rate paid by the CCG for residential care placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2017/18 to 2018/19. If the CCG has weekly rate bands, please also provide these.

9) Please provide the highest, lowest, and average hourly rate paid by the CCG for supported living placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2017/18 to 2018/19. If the CCG has hourly rate bands, please also provide these.

Response 

Please see completed spreadsheet – Resend of 0133FOI1920 Learning Disabilities FOI template CCG_October 2019.