FOI Request - Social Care Provider Contracts

Request 101002906089

Under the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide me with the following information:

1. The number of contracts between social care providers and the council that have been withdrawn from or handed back by the provider in each of the calendar years 2019, 2020, and 2021 to date.

2. Please provide a breakdown for each year (or part year) for the following:
     a. the number of handed back contracts involving residential care homes (including specialist care homes and nursing homes)
     b. the number involving care at home (in a client's own home),
     c. breakdown by numbers for younger adults (under 65) and older adults (65 and over).

3. If providers have given reasons for handing back contracts, please provide a breakdown of the reasons cited for each year.

4. If possible, please provide information about the number of people whose care is covered by the contracts that have been handed back by the provider in 2019, 2020, and 2021 to date.

5. Please provide a breakdown for each year between care homes and at home care and between older and younger adults.

Response 04-11-21

We have no formal recording mechanism for this type of action. Therefore, this information falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held.