FOI Request - Learning Disabilities

Request 101003596530

I would like to request the following information regarding adult learning disability services. Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached Excel spreadsheet.

1.      Please could you supply the name, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for learning disabilities placements?

For questions 2 to 6, please supply this information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial years 2023/24 and the most up to date snapshot available for 2024/25.

2.      Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the Local Authority in residential care.

3.      Of the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the Local Authority in residential care (q.2) please provide the number that are in ‘in area’ placements and the number that are in ‘out of area’ placements.

4.      Please provide the total number of adults with learning disabilities funded by the Local Authority in supported living.

5.      Please provide the number of adults with learning disabilities who transitioned from children’s learning disabilities services into adult’s services - into adult residential care services only, into adult supported living services only, and in total[JW1] [JW2] .

6.      Please provide the number of adults with learning disabilities who ‘stepped down’ from specialist inpatient hospital placements into adult residential care and supported living services.

7.      Please provide the local authority’s total expenditure on residential care and supported living for adults with learning disabilities for the financial year 2023/24, and budgeted expenditure for 2024/25.

8.      Please provide the highest, lowest, and average weekly rate paid by the Local Authority for residential care placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25. If the Local Authority has weekly rate bands, please also provide these.

9.      Please provide the highest, lowest, and average hourly rate paid by the Local Authority for supported living placements for adults with a learning disability for each of the financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25. If the Local Authority has hourly rate bands, please also provide these.

Response 19-07-2024

Please find the information requested here.