In relation to children’s social care, for the financial year 2022/23:
1. How many individuals received direct payments?
1477.
2. How many individuals received a direct payment for personal assistants (PAs)?
1191
3. What was the average and highest hourly rate given in the direct payment for PAs?
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. Hourly rates are not available in a reportable format. To collate this information would require manual data extraction from every individual support plan.
4. What was the volume of hours allocated within the direct payment for PAs?
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. Volumes of hours are not available in a reportable format. To collate this information would require manual data extraction from every individual support plan.
11. What was the average per person?
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. Volumes of hours are not available in a reportable format. To collate this information would require manual data extraction from every individual support plan.
12. What was the highest per person?
Devon County Council believes compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. Volumes of hours are not available in a reportable format. To collate this information would require manual data extraction from every individual support plan.
13. Is the PA rate agreed by the council flexible?
Yes
14. Is there a published resource allocation system/tool to help people understand how their direct payment amount is calculated?
No