Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding adult learning disability services. 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?
This can be found online at: Director of Integrated Adult Social Care
For questions 2 to 6, please supply this information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial years 2022/23 and the most up to date snapshot available for 2023/24.
2. Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the Local Authority in residential care.
3. Of the total number of adults with learning disabilities 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.
In response to questions 2 and 3 we can confirm the following:
2023 End of Year
| Devon | Out of Area | |
| Nurs – Long Term | 11 | 4 |
| Nurs – Short Term | 2 | 0 |
| Res – Long Term | 296 | 117 |
| Res – Short Term | 13 | 7 |
| Res Care – Respite | 5 | 0 |
11/06/2023 Snapshot
| Devon | Out of Area | |
| Nurs – Long Term | 11 | 4 |
| Nurs – Short Term | 2 | 0 |
| Res – Long Term | 296 | 117 |
| Res – Short Term | 13 | 7 |
| Res Care – Respite | 5 | 0 |
4. Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the Local Authority in supported living.
We do not hold this information as we do not break down the information in this way
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.
We can confirm the following:
March 2023
| Service Type | Count of Transitioned Clients |
| Day Care | 30 |
| Direct Payment | 145 |
| Direct Payment – Respite | 17 |
| Domiciliary Care | 10 |
| Enabling | 59 |
| Equipment | 7 |
| Res Care | 13 |
| Res Care – Respite | 18 |
| Res College | 4 |
| RFI | 6 |
| Shared Lives | 8 |
| Supported Living | 4 |
| Transport | 28 |
| Grand Total | 246 |
May 2023
| Service Type | Count of Transitioned Clients |
| Day Care | 30 |
| Direct Payment | 145 |
| Direct Payment – Respite | 15 |
| Domiciliary Care | 8 |
| Enabling | 57 |
| Equipment | 4 |
| Res Care | 7 |
| Res Care – Respite | 1 |
| Res College | 4 |
| RFI | 1 |
| Shared Lives | 7 |
| Supported Living | 4 |
| Transport | 24 |
| Grand Total | 237 |
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.
We do not hold this information
7. Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on residential care and supported living for adults with learning disabilities for the financial year 2022/23, and budgeted expenditure for 2023/24.
This information is available in our budget book
8. Please provide the highest, lowest, and average weekly rate paid by the Local Authority for residential care placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24. If the Local Authority has weekly rate bands, please also provide these.
| Category | Mean rate paid | Median rate paid | Lowest rate paid | Highest rate paid |
|
Placements
|
£1,521 | £1,265 | £487 | £4,783 |
Note: Data Provided for all active long stay agreements on Snapshot Date 01/05/23. This relates to services active during the last full week of April 2023
9. Please provide the highest, lowest, and average hourly rate paid by the Local Authority for supported living placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24. If the Local Authority has hourly rate bands, please also provide these.
Please see our response to question 4.