Home care for disabled adults

1. a) Please provide the information regarding fee rates paid to independent and voluntary sector providers in September 20221 for the provision of CQC regulated home care for disabled adults, including those with a learning disability and/or autism.

• Please exclude rates for the provision of care and support at night as these are included within question 2.
• Please include all independent/private and non-profit providers.
• By disability we are referring to physical, mental, sensory, learning or cognitive impairment as distinct from mental illness or needs associated with old age alone. Please indicate if your response adopts different criteria.
• If you give weekly or other periodic rates, please specify the number of hours of direct support funded by those rates.

i) Lowest hourly rate.

£17.52

ii) Highest hourly rate.

£30.00

iii) Average hourly rate (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median)

£23.46: arithmetic mean

b) If you pay different rates for supported living or extra care services from your home care rates, please provide the following information for each. Alternatively, please confirm that you pay the same rates.

Supported Living arrangements frequently have shared care costs, and hours are not specified in contracts on an hourly basis Where home care is provided it is on similar rates to those specified in a).

c) If you pay different rates for adults aged 18-64 years old from those aged 65 or over, please provide the following information for each. Alternatively, please confirm that you pay the same rates.

We pay the same rates for Adults aged 18-64 and over 65.

2. Please provide the following information regarding fee rates paid to independent and voluntary sector providers in September 2022 for the provision of care and support at night.

a) For waking night staff.
i) Lowest hourly rate. 
ii) Highest hourly rate. 
iii) Average hourly rate (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median) 

b) For sleep-in staff.
i) Lowest hourly rate. 
ii) Highest hourly rate. N/A
iii) Average hourly rate (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median) 
Should the council pay a fixed rate, then this may be offered as an alternative to hourly rates. Please specify the number of hours of direct support funded by those rates.

We do not hold this information.   Different rates are paid to different providers and we therefore have not recorded any information which would assist with this question.

3. Please provide the following information regarding the fee rates paid to independent and voluntary sector providers in September 2022 for council-funded residential social care for disabled adults, including those with a learning disability and/or autism.

a) For adults aged 18 – 64, with a learning disability.
i) Lowest weekly fee.

£441

ii) Highest weekly fee.

£3,956

iii) Average weekly fee (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median)

£1462 MEAN

b) For adults aged 18 – 64, with a physical disability.
i) Lowest weekly fee.

£591

ii) Highest weekly fee.

£3,422

iii) Average weekly fee (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median)

£1123 MEAN

c) For adults aged 65 and over, with a learning disability.
i) Lowest weekly fee.

£460

ii) Highest weekly fee.

£4558

iii) Average weekly fee (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median)

£1047 MEAN

d) For adults aged 65 and over, with a physical disability.
i) Lowest weekly fee.

£450

ii) Highest weekly fee.

£2948

iii) Average weekly fee (please specify the basis e.g. mean / median)

£910 MEAN

We should clarify that the Max, Min and Average rates are taken from a snapshot of data on 01/09/22

4. Please provide the following information for the 12-month period ending September 2022 (or such other recent 12-month period for which the information is available) regarding contracts with independent and voluntary sector providers for council funded social care for disabled adults including those with a learning disability and/or autism which have been handed back by the provider mid-term or where the provider has declined to renew the contract.

a) We wish to understand the council’s level of confidence in the security of current provision. Over the next 12 months does the council expect the numbers in the responses to question 4
i) To increase
ii) To remain about the same
iii) To decrease

We do not hold this information.

b) For council funded residential social care
i) The number of contracts

There are 495 providers with whom we contract for disabled adults on 01/09/22

ii) The number of individuals supported by those contracts

1998 individuals are supported by these providers

iii) The number of contracts terminated by voluntary sector providers specifically
iv) The number of individuals supported by those contracts

We do not hold this information

c) For council funded home care and/or supported living
i) The number of contracts

There are 328 providers with whom we contract for disabled adults on 01/09/22

ii) The number of individuals supported by those contracts

4009 individuals are supported by these providers

iii) The number of contracts terminated by voluntary sector providers specifically
iv) The number of individuals supported by those contracts

We do not hold this information