Personal care support under the Children Act 1989
1. What is the standard hourly rate paid by your local authority for a direct payment for disabled child assessed as requiring personal care support under the Children Act 1989 Part 3?
1. What is the standard hourly rate paid by your local authority for a direct payment for disabled child assessed as requiring personal care support under the Children Act 1989 Part 3?
1. How many households living in temporary accommodation in December 2023 were ineligible/disqualified to bid for permanent housing because of rent arrears?
1. Which officer at the council is responsible for biodiversity net gain and should be contacted about landowner and developer s106 agreements securing BNG?
1. How many schools are under your remit/authority:
72 Wokingham schools.
2. Do you provide RSE teaching resources to any schools under your authority?
No.
1. How many children’s centres and family hubs were operated by your council in the financial year 2010/11?
Eight Children’s Centres were operated by Wokingham Borough Council.
1. The total budget in pounds (£) and the percentage of your Local Authorities total budget spent on non-statutory obligations funding in each of the financial years a) 2019-20, b) 2020-21, c) 2021-22, d) 2022-23, e) 2023-24
Corporate website
1. What Content Management Platform is used to manage the Local Authority’s corporate website?
We don’t have a content management system.
2. Is this developed in house or by an external provider?
Not applicable.
1. How much did your local authority spend on providing residential placements to children taken into the council's care? Please provide a breakdown for each year, including a projected spend for the rest of 23-24 if it is available.
a) 2018-19: Actual £1,769,000
This request is related to Patient Care Transport Services. This is defined as:
• Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services – for example, transport provided for outpatient attendance, dialysis and hospital discharges and interfacility transfers, including bariatric patients
1. Please put ‘yes’ beside the below if the local authority offers any of the programmes listed. Many of these programmes have numerous different sub-programmes, please put ‘yes’ if the authority uses any of these.
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