Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information regarding placements and spending for older person’s social services.

1. Who within the Local Authority, has the commissioning responsibility for care home placements for adults aged 65+? Please provide their:
a) Name
b) Job title
c) Telephone number
d) Email address

2. Please provide the gross total expenditure on older person’s (age 65+) services, as follows, for financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20 (actual), 2020/21 (projected), and 2021/22 (budgeted):
a) Gross total expenditure on older person's (65+) services
b) Gross total expenditure on residential home placements (65+)
c) Gross total expenditure on nursing home placements (65+)
d) Gross total expenditure on domiciliary care/home care (65+)

3. Please supply this information by financial year for 2018/19 and 2019/20 (actual), 2020/21 (projected), and 2021/22 (budgeted).Please provide figures for the total number of older people (age 65+) that the council has placed and funded in;
a) Residential care
b) Residential EMI care
c) Nursing care
d) Nursing EMI care
e) Domiciliary care/home care

4. Please supply this information by financial year for 2018/19 and 2019/20 (actual), 2020/21 (projected), and 2021/22 (budgeted). Please provide figures for the numbers of older people (age 65+) that are privately funded in:
a) Residential care
b) Residential EMI care
c) Nursing care
d) Nursing EMI care

Note: By privately funded we mean the service user or service user’s family are self-funding the care with no local authority contribution.

5. Please provide the highest, lowest, average (mean) and median actual weekly fees paid to older person’s care providers in 2020/21
a) Older person’s residential
b) Older person’s residential EMI
c) Older person’s nursing
d) Older person’s nursing EMI