From: Daisy Maniez <Daisy.Maniez@hertfordshire.gov.uk> on behalf of Information Governance <information.governance@hertfordshire.gov.uk>

Sent: 10 May 2021 16:59

To: Louis Holmes

Subject: Reference number: FOI/ACS/04/21/20760

Dear Louis Holmes

Reference number: FOI/ACS/04/21/20760

On 14^th April 2021 Hertfordshire County Council received the following request for information from you:

Please answer each question referencing the unique question number in each individual response.  If there is no response to a question, please state “No Response” or “Not Applicable”. Response requirement is provided in brackets below.

FOIs

2020/21

1. Please confirm where you have published online, your Local Authority 2020/21 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. Please provide a link to where this communication was published, and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link).

2021/22

2. Please confirm whether you have decided your 2021/22 Over 65 Nursing, Nursing Dementia, Residential and Residential Dementia Fee Rates. (yes/no).

If yes:

1. When was the decision made (date)? Please provide a link to the dated document confirming this decision (link)
2. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
3. Where are the rates published currently online for Providers? Please provide a link and a copy of any media sent to Providers evidencing this decision (link)
4. How were, or are Providers consulted on this decision (free text)?

If no:

5. When will the decision be made (date)?
6. What is the process and timeline remaining for this unmade decision (free text)? Please provide a link to any documents outlining the current process with provisional or draft proposals being considered (link)
7. How are Providers to be consulted on the decision (free text)?
8. Where will the decision be published online for Providers? Please provide a link (link)
9. From what date is the 2021/22 fee rate to be applied (date)
10. Are there any circumstances which will result in a fee uplift not being provided (free text)?  Please provide a link to where this is explained for Providers (link)

3. For rates which are above the Base Fee Rates published, please confirm:

11. What percentage uplift or mechanism was applied to each fee or care type for 2020/21 (percentage/free text)
12. What percentage uplift or mechanism is to be applied to each fee or care type for 2021/22 (percentage/free text)

4. Please provide details of the provider representative association/s that you engaged with on all matters relating to over 65’s care homes:

13. Association/s name/entity (free text)
14. Name of the primary contact (name)
15. Email address (email address)
16. Postal address (postal address)
17. Contact number (telephone number)

5. Can you please confirm which Local Authority/Authorities your response is on behalf of (free text).

Your request for information has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I can confirm that Hertfordshire County Council does hold the information you have requested. Our response is as follows.

1. Paying for your care costs | Hertfordshire County Council

2a. https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/media-library/documents/about-the-council/data-and-information/integrated-plan-2021-22/16.-draft-ip-part-g-other-technical-info.pdf (see Table 8a for inflation)

This was agreed at full Council meeting on 23rd February 2021 for exceptional inflation rates for 21/22 as part of the Integrated Plan Budget process.

2b. 01.04.2021

2c. https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/adult-social-services/care-and-carers/arranging-and-paying-for-care/paying-for-your-care-costs.aspx

2d. Hertfordshire County Council consults the Herts Care Providers Association on proposed fees policy prior to a recommendation being made to Council Members. This process was applied this year as with previous years.

3k. We do not apply uplift to additional costs above published fee rates.

3l. We do not apply uplift to additional costs above published fee rates.

4m. HCPA

4n. Sharon Davies

4o. contact@hcpa.co.uk

4p. HCPA, Mundells Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL71FT

4q. 01707 536 020

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, quoting the reference number on this correspondence. To find out more about Freedom of Information, please visit http://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/your-council/work/foi/

If you are unhappy with the way the County Council has handled your request for information you may request an internal review of the request. This will be carried out by a member of the County Council Legal Services Team, who has had no prior involvement with the request. Requests for an internal review should be sent to the Information Governance Unit at the address above (within 2 months of this correspondence) and should detail in writing your grounds of appeal.

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the internal review you are entitled to ask the Information Commissioner to investigate your complaint. You should write to: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Daisy Maniez Information Access Team Legal Services| Resources Hertfordshire County Council Room 223  Postal Point: CHN 320 T: 01992 555848 (Internal:25848) E: information.governance@hertfordshire.gov.uk

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