FOI Request - Autism and Learning Disability

Request 101003089969

1.Could you please provide the total number of people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both i) whose home area falls within your funding authority, and ii) who have been placed out of your area.

2. Could you please provide the number people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both i) whose home area falls within your funding authority, and ii) who have been placed out of your area for more than 10 years.

3. Could you please provide the number people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both i) whose home area falls within your funding authority, and ii) who have been placed out of your area for more than 5 years.

4. Could you please provide the number people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both  i) whose home area falls within your funding authority, and ii) who have been placed out of your area and in an area covered by a health board or other authority in another part of the UK

5. Could you please provide the number people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both placed out of your area when in crisis

6. Could you please provide the number people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed a learning disability or both placed out of your area for each of the following reasons. For ease of collation, figures for each reason could be entered into the table below:

a) Their or their families choice
b) Lack of specialist services locally
c) Lack of capacity in local services
d) To prevent hospital admission
e) Other (please specify if possible)
f) Not Known
 

7. Could you please provide the number of people with a diagnosis of autism or a diagnosed learning disability or both placed out of your area and in an area covered by a health board or other authority in another part of the UK for each of the following reasons. Again, for ease of collation, figures for each reason could be entered into the table below.

a) Their or their families choice
b) Lack of specialist services locally
c) Lack of capacity in local services
d) To prevent hospital admission
e) Other (please specify if possible)
f) Not Known
 

Response 01-07-2022

1. The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

2. None.

3. The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

4. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

5. The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

6.

a) The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

b) The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

c) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

d) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

e) The number of individuals is between 0 and 5. This number is low that disclosure could risk identifying individuals and so it is exempt under section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, personal information.

f) Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

7. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.