Agenda and minutes

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Joint report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health and the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services

Further to Minute No. 4 (3) of 25 May 2023, the Cabinet considered the joint report of the Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health and the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services requesting the Cabinet to determine the fees payable for Supported Living and Day Care services for the 2023/24 financial year and following the issue being previously considered by Cabinet on 25 May 2023.

The following appendices were attached to the report:

·       Appendix A – Supported Living Equality Impact Assessment.

·       Appendix B – Day Care Equality Impact Assessment.

Decision Made:

That the contents of the report be noted and having given full consideration to the options outlined in the body of the report, authorisation of the implementation of the following fee increases (from 1 April 2023) which have been formulated following further market analysis as requested by the Cabinet on 25 May 2023, be approved and the following be noted:

(1)       Supported Living Services – implement the following fee increases which represent a 12.83% increase to rates (aside from the sleep-in rates) which are therefore higher than the initially proposed 9.84% increase submitted to Cabinet on 25 May 2023:

(2)       Day Care Services – rates are increased by 12.83% which is therefore higher than the initially proposed 9.84% increase submitted to Cabinet on 25 May 2023;

(3)       Individual Service Funds (ISF) – that due to the revised recommendation to increase Supported Living fee rates by 12.83% then this same increase is awarded to ISF services due to the similar nature of these two services and therefore a change to the rate proposed to Cabinet on 25 May 2023, and which results in the following rates:

(4)       Extra Care Housing - that due to the revised recommendation to increase Supported Living fee rates by 12.83% then this same increase is awarded to Extra Care Housing services due to the similar nature of these two services and therefore a change to the rate proposed to Cabinet on 25 May 2023, and which results in the following rate:

(5)       It be noted that the proposal was a Key Decision but had not been included in the Council's Forward Plan of Key Decisions. Consequently, the Leader of the Council and the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Adult Social Care and Health) had been consulted under Rule  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.