“Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding placements and spending for older person’s social services. Please provide answers on the attached accompanying Excel spreadsheet.
1. Who within the Local Authority, has the commissioning responsibility for adults aged 65+? Please provide their:
Name – Tim Golby
Job title – Joint Associate Director of Commissioning
Telephone number – 01392 383000
E-mail address – tim.golby@devon.gov.uk
2. Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services, as follows, for financial years 2016/17 to 2019/20. Please provide budgeted spend where actual figures are not available:
Gross total expenditure on older person’s (65+) services
Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)
Commissioned
|
Financial Year |
Older People Services £000 |
Residential £000 |
Nursing £000 |
Domiciliary/ Home Care £000 |
| 2016/17 | 116,617 | 61,739 | 17,723 | 25,944 |
| 2017/18 | 116,700 | 62,586 | 18,418 | 25,484 |
| 2018/19 | 120,371 | 65,104 | 19,991 | 25,412 |
| 2019/20 | 119,343 | 63,486 | 19,797 | 26,073 |
In House
|
Financial Year |
Older People Services £000 |
Residential £000 |
Nursing £000 |
Domiciliary/ Home Care £000 |
| 2016/17 | 2,551 | 2,178 | 0 | 68 |
| 2017/18 | 2,393 | 2,323 | 0 | 74 |
| 2018/19 | 2,592 | 2,510 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | 2,490 | 2,417 | 0 | 0 |
Total
|
Financial Year |
Older People Services £000 |
Residential £000 |
Nursing £000 |
Domiciliary/ Home Care £000 |
| 2016/17 | 119,168 | 63,917 | 17,723 | 26,012 |
| 2017/18 | 119,093 | 64,909 | 18,418 | 25,558 |
| 2018/19 | 122,963 | 67,614 | 19,991 | 25,412 |
| 2019/20 | 121,833 | 65,903 | 19,797 | 26,073 |
All the above figures represent gross total expenditure. The figures for 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 are outturn figures. The figures for 2019/20 are budgeted spend.
A link to the Council’s Budget Books is provided.
3. Please provide figures for the total number of older people (age 65+) that the council has placed and funded in:
Residential care
Residential Elderly, Mental and Infirm (EMI) care
Nursing care
Nursing EMI care
Domiciliary care/home care
Please supply this information by financial year for 2016/17 to 2019/2020. Please provide projected figures where actual figures are not available.
| Period | Residential | Nursing | Dom Care |
| 2016/17 | 3714 | 920 | 6369 |
| 2017/18 | 3583 | 940 | 5880 |
| 2018/19 | 3514 | 909 | 5460 |
Devon County Council does not hold a breakdown between residential care and residential EMI care or between nursing care and nursing EMI care. The above figures represent all residential care and all nursing care.
Comparable projections for 2019/20 are not held, although a link to the Council’s Budget Books is provided.
4. Please provide figures for the numbers of older people (age 65+) that are privately funded in:
Note: By privately funded we mean the service user or service user’s family are self-funding the care with no local authority contribution.
Residential care
Residential EMI care
Nursing care
Nursing EMI care
Please supply this information by financial year for 2016/17 to 2019/2020. Please provide projected figures where actual figures are not available.”
Information not held – private sector care is commissioned direct with providers, not through the Council.