19 October 2022
Your request
I would be most grateful if you could provide the following information in respect of providers of exempt accommodation (regardless of whether they are registered as providers of social housing with the HCA) covering the period of the last 3 financial years (i.e. 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22):
- details of the lowest awarded eligible core rent;
2. fetails of the highest awarded eligible core rent;
3. details of the lowest awarded gross eligible rent (i.e. inclusive of the core rent and the eligible service charges);
4. details of the highest awarded gross eligible rent (i.e. inclusive of the core rent and the eligible service charges)
5. details of any core rents and gross eligible rents where the claimed amount is higher than the highest awarded amounts AND has been or currently is subject to an appeal to the first-tier tribunal social entitlement chamber.
6. please confirm the names of exempt accommodation providers in your borough. Please name the providers/landlords who currently hold exempt accommodation status in respect of any of their residents and those who have been rejected exempt accommodation status.
Additionally, can you also provide:
7. a list of all Providers that have been approved on your framework to provide supported living or domiciliary care services in your borough.
8. a senior level organisational chart displaying senior staff position/ department and relationship and, if available, contact information.
9. the latest Market Position Statement for Adult Social Care Services in your borough
Our response
1. details of the lowest awarded eligible core rent; Unable to provide this within the timescale.
We record eligible rents but not the core rent separately.
2. details of the highest awarded eligible core rent; Unable to provide this within the timescale.
We record eligible rents but not the core rent separately.
3. details of the lowest awarded gross eligible rent (i.e. inclusive of the core rent and the eligible service charges); see table below
4. details of the highest awarded gross eligible rent (i.e. inclusive of the core rent and the eligible service charges)
This table shows the lowest and highest awarded gross eligible rent on 1st May each year. I am unable, within the timescales to provide full year data as we would require a report for each day of the year and then cross comparisons.
|
Year |
Lowest eligible gross rent |
Highest eligible gross rent |
|
2019 |
41.54 |
515.90 |
|
2020 |
41.54 |
490.14 |
|
2021 |
41.54 |
574.57 |
|
2022 |
41.54 |
628.12 |
5. None
6. I am unable to provide details of all exempt accommodation providers in the borough, only those known to Housing Benefit.
I am unable to provide details of anyone who has been rejected as ‘exempt’. Landlords do not apply to be ‘exempt’, they apply for particular claimants or schemes to be determined as ‘specified accommodation’. One category within ‘specified accommodation’ is exempt but there are three other categories.
7. our APL providers for dom care as follows:
- Allied Healthcare
- Alternative Care Services
- Beverley Martins Social Care Agency
- Capital Homecare
- Carepoint Services Limited
- Classique Care Services
- Jim & Chris Homecare Limited formerly Caremark Lambeth
- Daryel Care (Kaamil Education LTD)
- Emerald Care Services (UK) Ltd
- Essence2Care
- Finch Support Services
- Healthcare Professionals
- Harmony Home Aid Services Ltd/north surrey group Services Ltd
- Holistic Community Care Ltd
- Independent Community Care Services
- Impeccable Health Care Services
- Lambeth Chinese Community Association
- Lifecome Care Ltd
- L'Arche Lambeth - Domiciliary Care
- London Care/HFH Homecare
- Medacs Homecare
- Metro Home Care (formerly Thames Homecare Services)
- MiHomecare
- MMR Homecare
- My Home Care Wandsworth
- Oasis Care and Training Agency - Sorag
- Penrose Options
- Servesoul Limited Proctor House
- Supreme Care
- Sevacare (Mayfair)
- Stockwellcare Support Services
- The Rathbone Centre
- Unique Personnel
- Westminster Homecare - Medichoice
- Youth Graces UK Ltd
- No framework for supported living.
8. Lambeth Council can provide details at the Strategic Level only; this information is available on the Lambeth website below, which includes a link to an organisation structure chart.
How Lambeth Council is organised | Lambeth Council
I can confirm that we have reviewed this part of your request and consider disclosure would breach the Data Protection Act 2018 and therefore engage Section 40(2): Personal Data to this request.
The definition of personal data is set out in provision 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 as follows:-
(2)“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual
(3)“Identifiable living individual” means a living individual who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to—
(a)an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier, or
(b)one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of the individual.
We note this request asks for information which would allow an individual(s) to be identified.
I have considered whether it would be fair to disclose the information including whether disclosure would cause any unnecessary or unjustified damage or distress to the individual concerned; the individual’s reasonable expectations of what would happen to their information; and balancing the rights and freedoms of the data subject with legitimate interests.
In this case, I can confirm that it would not be fair to the individuals to disclose information about their names and contact information as it could cause distress to the individuals.
I do not consider that the individuals would expect the Council to disclose any information which may allow them to be identified. Although I acknowledge the legitimate interest in disclosing general information relating to this request, I do not consider the legitimate interest overrides the rights and freedoms of the individual on this occasion.
In accordance with Section 17 FOIA this letter represents a Refusal Notice for this part of the request
9. A Market Position Statement is not held currently, but a draft Market Sustainability Plan was submitted to DHSC on Friday 14 October.