I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information for the following information:

1. Does the Council currently outsource
Direct Payments Support Services: No
Managed Accounts/Payroll Services: No
Carers Hub Services: See below
Adult Social Care: We have a Carers Support Service contract. All the requested information is available on our website: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/business-and-licensing/business-and-growth/tenders
Please see website in regards to remaining questions (2 - 14).
The below answers are from Childrens Services

2. If so, what is/are the current total contract value(s):
(£330,000 plus option of annual uplift)

3. And annual contract value?
£89,500

4. How long is the current contract?
2 years plus option to extend for 2

5. What was its start date?
1st April 2023

6. When does it end?
31st March 2025 with option to extend for up to 2 years

7. Has the contract been extended, or do you intend to extend?
N/A yet

8. If so, for how long?
As above

9. Who is/are the current provider(s)?
Wokingham Carers Partnership (Age UK Berkshire, Promise Inclusion and Berkshire Youth)

10. Will you be including Children and Young People in the above contracts or tendering separate services?
This contract covers Young Carers but not siblings or parent carers of under 18s

11. What commissioning model do you currently use – Framework?/Block?
Block

12. What commissioning model are you considering for future contracts, e.g., Framework/Block?
N/A at this point

13. If these services are not currently outsourced, are there plans to do so? If so, when are they likely to be commissioned and will there be a consultation process?
Currently outsourced

14. How many Service Users are currently registered under each contract for each service?
742 Carers registered with the Carers Service