Disclosure Log
adult care charges (FOI/4841)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 15 October 2024
Dear ***** *****
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REFERENCE FOI/4841
Thank you for your request for information relating to adult care charges:
REQUEST
I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that questions 1 to 5 exclude residential care (i.e. “care in a care home”), while questions 6 to 10 are specifically about residential care.
1. For the most recent date for which data is held, please state the total number of people in the council area that are required to pay for any aspect of their non-residential adult care (including but not limited to home care, day care, community alarms, telecare, and other community care services)
2. How many of the people referred to in response to question 1 are currently in arrears on their care charges by at least one scheduled payment (or by one month) This figure should *include* the cases referred to in response to question 3, as anyone in arrears by at least two payments (as per question 3) is by definition also in arrears by at least one payment (as per question 2).
3. How many of the people referred to in response to question 1 are currently in arrears on their care charges by at least two scheduled payments (or by two months)
4. How many of the people referred to in response to question 1 are currently subject to debt management procedures as a result of non-payment of non-residential care charges e.g. automated reminders, final reminders, letter before action, referral to civil enforcement agency, county court judgement
5. How many of the people referred to in response to question 4 have had their current debts referred to a debt collection agency (including any agency owned by the council)
6. For the most recent date for which data is held, please state the total number of people in the council area that are required to pay for any aspect of their residential adult care (i.e. care in a care home)
7. How many of the people referred to in response to question 6 are currently in arrears on their care charges by at least one scheduled payment (or by one month) This figure should *include* the cases referred to in response to question 8, as anyone in arrears by at least two payments (as per question 8) is by definition also in arrears by at least one payment (as per question 7).
8. How many of the people referred to in response to question 6 are currently in arrears on their care charges by at least two scheduled payments (or by two months)
9. How many of the people referred to in response to question 6 are currently subject to debt management procedures as a result of non-payment of residential care charges e.g. automated reminders, final reminders, letter before action, referral to civil enforcement agency, county court judgement
10. How many of the people referred to in response to question 9 have had their current debts referred to a debt collection agency (including any agency owned by the council)
11. How many people did the council start court proceedings against in relation to non-payment of adult care charges (residential and/or non-residential) each year in 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 (year to date), excluding probate cases Please provide the figures broken down by year
RESPONSE
Please see the attached document.
We trust this now satisfies your request and that you find this information to be helpful.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information Team, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected] .
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf
Yours sincerely
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executives Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
The Council is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring all personal information is kept confidential and safe. For more details see our general and service specific privacy notices at: https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/global-content/privacy
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