From: Freedom of Information <foi@norfolk.gov.uk>
Sent: 04 March 2021 11:55
To: Louis Holmes
Subject: ENQ-462818-R7W7Q7 Freedom of Information request - Care
England
Freedom
of Information Request ENQ-462818-R7W7Q7
I
refer to your request for information dated 23 February 2021.
You
asked for information:
- in
relation to nursing and care homes for people over 65.
1.
What is your LA’s 2020/21 Nursing Fee Base Rate be? (excluding
FNC)
2.
What is your LA’s 2020/21 Nursing Dementia Fee Base Rate?
(excluding FNC)
3.
What is your LA’s 2020/21 Residential Fee Base Rate?
4.
What is your LA’s 2020/21 Residential Dementia Fee Base Rate?
Our
response 1- 4:
Your
request has been considered and is refused. In accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act), this letter acts as a Refusal
Notice.
Exemption
Section
21(1) of the Act provides an exemption for release of information that is
reasonably accessible to you even if it is accessible only on payment of a fee.
Information
is to be taken to be reasonably accessible if it is information which the
County Council or any other person is obliged by or under any statute to
communicate to members of the public on request whether free of charge or on
payment.
Reason:
This
decision is based upon the following reasons.
The
rates and the reasoning behind the above figures are available on our
website. Here is the link:
For
your assistance further information is also available at this webpage:
5.
Were your LA’s 2020/21 fee rates based upon an assumed occupancy level? If so,
what rate?
Our
response:
A
90% occupancy rate is our normal position and indeed was close to this rate for
much of 2020-21. The rate however has been dropping steadily and is now close
to 82%. The usual price is based on normal operations.
This
has been an exceptional year and as such the council has put in place a range
of measures to support care providers, including a premium payment for the
first half of the year and a mechanism to seek financial support. In addition,
new placements have on average been at a higher cost, reflecting some of the
covid-19 related pressures. The council is now starting engagement work with
the market to understand the ongoing costs of covid-19.
If
you are dissatisfied with our handling of your request you have the right of
appeal through the Council’s internal review procedure by setting out the
grounds of your appeal in writing to:
or
Information Compliance Team
County
Hall
Martineau
Lane
Norwich
NR1
2DH
An
appeal should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of this notice
and should be identified as "FOI Appeal".
If
you are dissatisfied after pursuing the complaints procedure, you may apply to
the Information Commissioner under Section 50 of the Act for a decision whether
your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the
requirements of Part I of the Act. Refer to the ICO Website at: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ for advice
on how to report a concern. Or you can write to them at:
First
Contact Team
Information
Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe
House
Water
Lane, Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9
5AF
Yours
sincerely
Bev
Whittaker, Senior Information Compliance Officer
Information
Compliance Team, Insight and Analytics, Strategy and Transformation
Tel
Dept: 01603 222661
Bays
7,8 & 9, Ground Floor, South Wing, County Hall, Martineau Lane,
Norwich
From: Freedom of Information
Sent: 23 February 2021 16:00
To: 'Louis Holmes' <LHolmes@careengland.org.uk>
Subject: ENQ-462818-R7W7Q7 Freedom of Information request - Care England
Good Afternoon,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Information
Request ENQ-462818-R7W7Q7
Thank you for your request for information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 received on 23 February 2021.
We have up
to 20 working days in which to deal with your request; however, the current
circumstances relating to Coronavirus (COVID-19) may impact on our ability to
meet deadlines and so we may take longer to provide you with a response.
If we require clarification regarding your request,
we will contact you to explain this. The 20 working day period will then start
from the day that we receive your clarification.
You will also be informed in advance if there is a charge for supplying
copies of the information.
Please also be aware that, if the requested
information contains references to any third parties, we may need to consult
these individuals about the release of their personal data before making a
decision whether or not to release the information to you.
We will also provide an explanation if any
information is not released to you.
For
future reference please note that you can now submit FOI/EIR requests through
our new online webform which can be found at https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/open-data-fois-and-data-protection/freedom-of-information/about-the-foi-act-and-making-a-request.
Should you have any queries regarding your request,
please contact the team by email information.management@norfolk.gov.uk or by telephone 01603 222661.
Yours sincerely,
Sarah
Cooper, Business Support Assistant
Information
Compliance Team
Dept:
01603 222661
Bay
7-9, Ground Floor, County Hall, Norwich
From: Louis Holmes <LHolmes@careengland.org.uk>
Sent: 23 February 2021 12:48
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Care England
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Dear FOI department,
This email is sent on behalf of Rhodri Williams, Senior
Policy Adviser at Care England.
Please see attached for Care England's Freedom of Information
request regarding LA fees for 2020/21.
Kind regards,
Louis Holmes
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