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Please kindly consider this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
1. Does the council subsidise/contribute/pay specifically (level of spend) for any ‘in care’ costs for adults or children in the below settings, if so, I’d like to know what is being spent on the following types of care facilities/organisations:
Yes, the Local Authority is responsible for commissioning packages of care for children and adults in accordance with our responsibilities under the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014
2. For both Adults’ Health and Care & Children’s Services:
• Residential Homes
• Nursing Homes
• Supported Living
• Mental Health Hospitals/Units
• Adult Day Care Centres
• Special Education Needs Providers (Independent or Council owned) Post school / pre school settings
• Home Care/Domiciliary Care
• Complex Packages (Council in-house care services): None
• In house care team for Council/Local Authority such as residential or any care service: None
• Drug & Alcohol Rehab Units
• Fertility Clinic: None
• Cosmetic Surgery / Private Theatre: None
• Hospices
• Eating Disorder Units
Covering period: 1st October 2021 to 1st October 2022
3. I would also like a detailed breakdown of which organisations are being paid and how much.
Our contracts with details of value are published on our public contract register which is available via our website: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/open-data/datasets-and-open-data/?categoryesctl91f252ff-550d-4cfa-a838-92ef2cb5f83c=8461
4. Please may I also have the contact details for managers/leads for those specified services.
• Childrens Social Care only: Jasmine Grimshaw, Service Manager, Corporate Parenting, Childrens Services, Jasmine.Grimshaw@wokingham.gov.uk
• Adult Social Care: If the requester would like to contact our Commissioning Service they can email commissioningsupportteam@wokingham.gov.uk