Care Assessment and Withdrawal - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Care Assessment and Withdrawal
FOI Number
2024458
Date Received
23/04/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
1. From January 2018 to present date, copies of all communications (briefing notes, formal and informal letters, orders etc.) sent and received by your board regarding provision shortfall arising from or threatening to arise from financial constraint. 2. Number of people, monthly, from 2018 to present, who received a reduced support package following an assessment (not including those who went from some support to none, only those who went from some to less)
3. Number of people, monthly, from 2018 to present, who went from some to no support package following an assessment.
4. Number of people, monthly, from 2018 to present, who received a reduced support package compared to previous for any reason
5. Number of people, monthly, from 2018 to present, who went from some to no support package for any reason
6. Answers to (2) and (3) broken down by 5-year age group (e.g. 80-84. 85-89, 90-94 )
Response
Scottish Borders Council has considered your request and in order to answer the questions we would need to check each assessment to note the outcome. Between 2018 and 2023 there were an average of 3064 assessments completed each year. At an estimated three minutes per assessment this would take us far in excess of 40 hours to answer these questions and this would cost the Council in excess of 600. In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, excessive cost, we are therefore unable to comply with your request.