Adult Domiciliary Care - Find a freedom of information request

Please can you answer the following questions regarding Adult Social Care?

1. The current average number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care as of August 2020.

2. The estimated Annual Spend commissioned for Adult Domiciliary Care through private domiciliary care providers (Based on 2019)

3. The type of agreements held with private domiciliary care providers commissioned to deliver Adult Social Care services such as frameworks, Spot Contracts, Block Contracts etc. and their start/end dates.

4. The lowest and highest (based on the standard daytime week day rate) charge rates per hour of domiciliary care charged to the local authority for Adult Social care commissioned through private domiciliary care providers.

5. When you anticipate retendering for domiciliary care services for Adult Social Care?

6. The names of the current Domiciliary Care Providers commissioned in your authority to deliver Adult Social Care.

7. The contact Name, Email address and Contact number of the person responsible for commissioning domiciliary care services in your authority.

8. The number of service users currently receiving a direct payment within your local authority as well as the number of average hours per week.

9. Is the local authority working with health partners to commission health funded care?

10. The authorities’ current market positioning statement for Adult Social Care.

11. The number of living care packages provided and the rates paid per week.

1. The current average number of weekly hours commissioned to private domiciliary care providers for Adult Social Care as of August 2020 = 28,157.

2. The budget for Domiciliary Care across OP/PD for 2020/2021 is £28,154,251.

3. Block Contracts. Start date: 26 September 2015 / End Date 30 September 2021.

4. The local authority has three rates:
a. Urban £16.27 per hour.
b. Rural £16.65 per hour.
c. Enhanced Rural Rate £16.98 per hour.

5. Late 2020/Early 2021.

6. Providers as follows:
a. Hales Group.
b. Libertas Ltd.
c. CRG.
d. Walnut Care at Home.
e. Sage Care.
f. Fosse Healthcare.
g. Atlas Care Services.

7. Roz Cordy – Interim Assistant Director, Roz.Cordy@lincolnshire.gov.uk

8. 2,137 adults currently receiving a direct payment in Lincolnshire to fund social care. Hours per week are not recorded.

9. Yes.

10. The market position statement for adult care is currently being revised.

11. No, Lincolnshire County Council does not directly provide any live in care in Lincolnshire.