From: noreply@leeds.gov.uk
Sent: 18 May 2021 13:49
To: Louis Holmes
Subject: Leeds City Council Information Management & Governance
Attachments: 2021.03.18_provider_letter_re_Care_Home_fees_Letter_2021_2022..pdf
Requests Team
Information Management & Governance
Leeds City Council
PO Box 837
LS1 9PZ
Tel: 0113 3784251
Email: DPFOI@leeds.gov.uk
Our reference: MJ0JKEXIQ
Date 18/05/2021
Dear Louis Holmes ,
Re: Freedom of Information Request.
I refer to your correspondence to the council and your request for the following:
Please see attached for Care England's Freedom of Information request regarding publication and consultation of care home LA fees for 2020-2022. Please answer each question referencing the unique question number in each individual response. If there is no response to a question, please state “No Response” or “Not Applicable”. Response requirement is provided in brackets below. FOIs 2020/21
1. Please confirm where you have published online, your Local Authority 2020/21 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. Please provide a link to where this communication was published, and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link). 2021/22
https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/documents/s204795/Report.pdf
2. Please confirm whether you have decided your 2021/22 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. (yes/no).
If yes:
a. When was the decision made (date)? Please provide a link to the dated document confirming this decision (link)
https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/documents/s217360/Report.pdf
b. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
1st April 21
c. Where are the rates published currently online for Providers? Please provide a link and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link)
Please see attached document titled for our answer
d. How were, or are Providers consulted on this decision (free text)?
If no:
e. When will the decision be made (date)?
Not applicable
f. What is the process and timeline remaining for this unmade decision (free text)? Please provide a link to any documents outlining the current process with provisional or draft proposals being considered (link)
Not applicable
g. How are Providers to be consulted on the decision (free text)?
Not applicable
h. Where will the decision be published online for Providers? Please provide a link (link)
Not applicable
i. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
Not applicable
j. Are there any circumstances which will result in a fee uplift not being provided (free text)? Please provide a link to where this is explained for Providers (link)
Not applicable
3. For rates which are above the Base Fee Rates published, please confirm:
k. What percentage uplift or mechanism was applied to each fee or care type for 2020/21 (percentage/free text)
Rates above the base rate are considered on an individual basis
l. What percentage uplift or mechanism is to be applied to each fee or care type for 2021/22 (percentage/free text)
Rates above the base rate are considered on an individual basis
4. Please provide details of the provider representative association/s that you engaged with on all matters relating to over 65’s care homes:
m. Association/s name/entity (free text)
Leeds Care Association
n. Name of the primary contact (name)
Michelle Atkinson - General Manager
o. Email address (email address)
michelle.atkinson@leedscare.co.uk
p. Postal address (postal address)
Not applicable
q. Contact number (telephone number)
07830542207
5. Can you please confirm which Local Authority/Authorities your response is on behalf of (free text).
Leeds City Council
I trust that this response is satisfactory. If however you are dissatisfied with this response you have a right to appeal to an independent officer within the council. They will re-examine your request and assess whether we have adhered to the requirements of the act. Should you wish to follow this course of action please address your concerns in writing to the above address.
You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act to ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether we have met with our obligations under the act. The Commissioner has however made it clear that she expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals procedures prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact the Commissioner’s office then you can contact the Commissioner via her website at www.ico.org.uk
I trust that this is self-explanatory. If you have any queries please contact me on 0113 3784251, or by return email.
If you have any queries or wish to discuss this matter then please contact me on 0113 3784251 or by email to DPFOI@leeds.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,
Information Management & Governance Team
Digital Information Service
Leeds City Council
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