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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached Excel spreadsheet.

1. Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for learning disabilities placements?
Sally Cathcart-Cunnison; sally.cunnison@wokingham.gov.uk, 0118 9746000

For questions 2 to 4, please supply this information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial year 2025/26 and the most up to date snapshot available for 2026/27.
2. Please provide the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in residential care.
As of end of March 2026 - 41 open clients
As of end of June 2026 - 39 open clients

3. Of the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority 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.
As of end of June 2026 - 39 open clients: 'out of area' - 32, 'in area' - 7

4. Please provide the total number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in supported living.
As of end of March 2026 - 166 open clients
As of end of June 2026 - 163 open clients

5. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on residential care and supported living for adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism for the financial year 2025/26, and budgeted expenditure for 2026/27.
For 2025-26 actuals:
Residential Care £4,952,711
Supported Living £11,052,230.
For 2026-27 budget: Unfortunately we do not split the budget between 18-64 and 65+ therefore are unable to answer the question.

6. Please provide the highest, lowest, and average weekly rate paid by the Local Authority for residential care placements for adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism for each of the financial years 2025/26 and 2026/27. If the Local Authority has weekly rate bands, please also provide these.
Unfortunately our data doesn't differentiate between 18-64, 65+ of placement types therefore unable to answer this question.

7. Please provide the number of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism funded by the Local Authority in residential care with fees per week of:
• Less than £1,500
• £1,500 to £2,999
• £3,000 to £4,999
• £5,000 or more
Unfortunately our data doesn't differentiate between 18-64, 65+ of placement types therefore unable to answer this question.

8. Please provide a list of providers used by the Local Authority to deliver long-term residential care to adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism. For each named provider, please provide both of the following for the same single month — the most recent full calendar month available (or, if a single month cannot be provided, the financial year 2025/26):
a) the number of such adults funded by the Local Authority in long-term residential placements with that provider in that month
As of end of June 2026
Provider Group / Open Clients
Achieve Together: 1
Anthony Toby Trust – Staverton: 2
Beech House – Ryde House Homes Ltd: 1
BUPA – Beacher Hall Nursing Home: 1
CHOICE: 5
CREAM HOLDINGS (TAUNTON) LIMIT: 1
Dimensions: 1
Enham Trust: 1
Hilltop House: 2
Jewish Care – Otto Schiff: 1
Leonard Cheshire Services CIC – Bells Place: 1
Norwood Ravenswood: 2
Ogilvie Court (Priory): 1
Omega Elifar Limited: 1
Paradise House – Novalis Trust: 2
PHOENIX LEARNING AND CARE LTD: 1
Purley Park Trust – Watson House: 1
Quality Care Providers Ltd: 1
The Old Vicarage – Cygnet Care Services Limited: 1
The Wheelhouse – Covenant Care Limited: 1
Voyage: 9
Whitmore Vale Housing Association Limited: 1
Wynford House – Southdown Housing Association Ltd: 1
b) the Local Authority’s total gross expenditure with that provider for that month, including all payments for these placements (e.g. any block/core hours).
Unfortunately our data doesn't differentiate between 18-64, 65+ of placement types therefore unable to answer this question.
Please use the same month for (a) and (b) and confirm which month, so the two figures are directly comparable.

9. Does the Local Authority consider there is sufficient local residential care provision to meet the needs of adults aged 18-64 with learning disabilities and/or autism who have a high level of complex needs, and which providers does the Authority mainly use for these placements? What are the occupancy levels locally?
WBC have recently gone out to tender.