Personal budgets policy for carers and users in November 2023 - Find a freedom of information request

Lincolnshire county council carried out a consultation exercise via a commissioned service, with regard to the personal budgets policy for carers and users in November last year.

1. How many people have attended the coproduction meeting with everyone on the date they've held meetings to date. Via visiting on training day or via online access.

a) How many of those people have a personal budget via the Care Act?

2. If there was a change of policy due to this consultation or subsequent changes please supply a link or a copy of the changed policy.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. The County Council is not undertaking consultation, but is currently undertaking a piece of co-production work, to ensure people with lived experience of being a carer can inform process changes for receiving a personal budget. This is being facilitated by the charity Every-One. The work is still ongoing, with one virtual meeting held so far, with further hybrid events planned to give people the opportunity to attend.

2. There were 903 carers receiving a personal budget for the financial period 2023-24.

3. See question 2

4. The scope of this co-production is to understand fully the process of how the Local Authority provides a Carers Personal Budget for people, the challenges faced by those involved, and the impact of Carers Personal Budgets.

5. This work has only just begun and we have not yet gained any views.

6. This work has only just begun and we have not yet gained the views of the people involved.

7. Changes in policy are out of scope for this project, we are looking at ensuring the process is as user friendly as possible.