Issue details

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Informing Only

N/A

Who is it necessary to consult?

Consultation takes place with staff in the Families and Social Care Directorate and with corporate colleagues.  Before the report can be written, information is required from an external organisation such as Benefits Agency/Department for Work and Pensions.

Members of the County Council are also consulted before the report is written, as part of the budget process.

Has the matter already been discussed by a Policy, Overview and Scrutiny Committee?:

Yes, 20 September 2011

The following four proposals were put forward for consultation and had been discussed earlier in the week by members of the Cabinet and the Adult Social Care and Public Health Policy Overview and Scrutiny Committee:

1.      Charge people who use mental health services in the same way as all other people in receipt of services.

2.      Include day care and transport as part of the services for which a charge can be made.

3.      Increase the amount of available income that is taken into account when working out a person’s charge from 85% to 100%.

4.      Reduce the standard amount allowed for the Disability Related Expenditure Assessment (DREA) from £21 to £17 per week for everyone.

Is the matter referred to in your Business Plan or Medium Term Capital Programme?

Yes, it is referred to within the Directorates Revenue Business Plan for

2012-2013

Closing date for consultation/receiving comments:

End January 2012