Adult Social Care and Children's Services at Lincolnshire County Council

Please can you answer the following questions regarding Adult Social Care and Children's Services at Lincolnshire County Council, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000? Timeframe: Last 12-18 months. 

1. The lowest and highest (based on the standard daytime weekday rate) rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority for

Adult Social Care commissioned through private domiciliary care providers.

2. The lowest and highest (based on the standard hourly rate) rates per hour of supported living charged to the local authority for Adult Social

Care commissioned through private supported living providers. 

3. When you anticipate re-tendering for: 

a. Homecare services for Adult Social Care 

b. Children's Homecare 

c. Supported Living services for Adults 

d. Supported Accommodation for Care Leavers 16-25 

e. Extra Care services for Adults 

f. Learning Disability services 

g. Mental Health support services 

4. The names of the current domiciliary care providers commissioned in your authority to deliver Adult Social Care. 

5. The names of the current supported living providers commissioned in your authority to deliver Adult Social Care. 

6. The contact name, email address and telephone number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority. 

7. The contact name, email address and telephone number of the person responsible for commissioning supported living services in your authority. 

8. Whether the local authority is currently working with health partners to commission any of the above care services, and if so, who they are. 

9. The authority's current market positioning statement for Adult Social Care.
 

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3. Commissioning intentions for each service are considered as part of a rolling recommissioning programme but will consider specific circumstances and future requirements between 12 and 24 months prior to commissioned service end dates.

Papers detailing commissioning intentions, forward plans and decisions can be found at Search committee records – Lincolnshire County Council

4-5. Number of live providers delivering services – Please see link to contract register Lincolnshire County Council

6-7. Martyn Parker, Assistant Director Community Protection and Commissioning martyn.parker@lincolnshire.gov.uk

8. The local authority works with Lincolnshire ICB and Lincolnshire Primary Foundation Trust in the commissioning of Learning Disabilities, Autism and Mental Health services for Adults.

9. The latest version of the Market Position Statement is publicly available at Market position statement – Lincolnshire County Council

Where the requested information is already available in the public domain, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 does not require a public authority to provide it again. In this case, relevant information has already been made accessible via the links provided in the responses above. Accordingly, this information is exempt from disclosure under Section 21 of the Act, which applies where the information is reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means. In addition, Section 22 of the Act may also apply where information is intended for future publication. Where applicable, the authority is not obliged to disclose information in advance of its planned release, provided there is a settled intention to publish it at a future date, and it is reasonable in all the circumstances to withhold the information until that publication.