Copied below is a current letter from the government which appears to shift allocated capital funding for 2016/17 from adult social care to DISTRICT councils and the DISABILTY FACILITIES GRANT. Cunning stunts!
LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL SERVICES LETTER
To: The Director of Adults’ Social Services
LASSL(DH)(2016)
February 2016
County Councils
Metropolitan District Councils
Shire Unitary Councils
London Borough Councils
Common Council of the City of London Council of the Isles of Scilly
ADULTS’ PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES: SPECIFIC CAPITAL GRANT ALLOCATIONS FOR 2016/17
SUMMARY
1. This letter clarifies local authority capital funding for the financial year 2016/17, which was subject to the 2015 Spending Review.
ACTION
2. This letter is provided for information only, and confirms details and allocations of Department of Health local authority specific capital funding.
Disabled Facilities Grant
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The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is for the provision of adaptations to disabled people’s homes to help them to live independently for longer. Following the approach taken in 2015-16, the DFG will again be included within the Better Care Fund (BCF). This is to encourage areas to think strategically about the use of home aids/adaptations, use of technologies to support people in their own homes, and to take a joined-up approach to improving outcomes across health, social care and housing. For 2016/17, the funding will be £394m in total, a substantial increase from £220m in 2015/16.
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The DFG will be paid to upper-tier authorities in 2016/17. However, the statutory duty on local housing authorities to provide aids and adaptations under the DFG to those who qualify will remain. Therefore, each area will have to allocate this funding to its respective housing authorities (district councils in two-tier areas) from the pooled budget to enable them to continue to meet their statutory duty to provide adaptations to the homes of disabled people, including in relation to young people aged 17 and under.
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All funding pooled through the Better Care Fund – including DFG funding – will need to be allocated on the basis of plans that are jointly developed and agreed with relevant local authorities. In the case of the DFG this refers to local housing authorities. Through this local planning process, some areas may agree to invest some of this funding in
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broader strategic capital projects. However, this is a local decision, to be considered as part of the BCF planning process.
Social Care (Capital) Grant
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To note, the social care capital grant will be discontinued from 2016/17. In order to maximise value for money of central funding the Department of Health has concentrated its social care capital grant funding into the Disabled Facilities Grant, as research suggests it can support people to remain independent in their own homes – reducing or delaying the need for care and support, and improving the quality of life of residents.
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The increase in the DFG of £174m outstrips the removal of the Social Care (Capital) Grant, which came to £134m in 2015/16.
FURTHER INFORMATION
8. There will be a further LASSL which confirms details and allocations of Department of Health local authority specific revenue funding. This will be published shortly.
ENQUIRIES
9. For further information on these allocations please contact:
The social care finance team (SCFinance-Enquiries@dh.gsi.gov.uk)
Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships Directorate, Department of Health,
Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS
Previous LASSLs are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments[]=department-of-health. © Crown copyright 2014. This Circular may be freely reproduced by all to whom it is addressed.
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ANNEX A - Disabled Facilities Grant Allocations 2016/17
Local Authority (upper-tier) £s
Local Authority (lower-tier) £s
Aylesbury Vale 754,163
Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
2,777,280 3,478,866
4,918,895
5,480,721
5,737,009
3,339,739
Chiltern
South Bucks
Wycombe
Cambridge 576,272
545,122 490,708 987,287
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Huntingdonshire
South Cambridgeshire
Allerdale 952,794
Barrow-in-Furness Carlisle
Copeland
Eden
472,949
844,881 1,018,751 566,013
974,972 1,467,316 569,515 372,850 581,448 Amber Valley 1,001,304
South Lakeland
Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash
789,124 952,299 416,276 736,221 389,137 581,023 615,337
High Peak
North East Derbyshire
South Derbyshire
East Devon 1,065,756
Exeter
Mid Devon
North Devon
South Hams
Teignbridge
Torridge
West Devon
Christchurch 457,760
671,330 561,385 777,478 613,119
1,054,509 591,819 401,613
East Sussex 5,582,273
Essex 8,217,306
647,517 373,492 340,687 785,706 734,577
East Dorset
North Dorset
Purbeck
West Dorset
Weymouth and Portland
Eastbourne 1,203,581
Hastings
Lewes
Rother
Wealden
Basildon 989,257
1,407,313 842,012 1,270,554 858,813
Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon
730,156 290,073 579,533 755,993 994,045 664,970 615,382 420,343 3
Gloucestershire 4,681,764
Hampshire 9,747,606
374,747 1,636,940 165,868
Rochford
Tendring
Uttlesford
Cheltenham 701,434
Cotswold
Forest of Dean
Gloucester
Stroud
Tewkesbury
Basingstoke and Deane 1,064,386
East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
Broxbourne 577,366
903,196 687,910 873,079 571,746 944,398
1,148,441 900,991 590,990 617,780 569,523
Hertfordshire 5,651,727
Kent 13,128,405
1,362,535 900,536 816,497 937,669 838,257
Dacorum
East Hertfordshire
Hertsmere
North Hertfordshire
St Albans
Stevenage
Three Rivers
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
Ashford 707,629
675,182 530,136 537,599 653,792 530,814 576,398 455,778 522,838 591,823
Canterbury
Dartford
Dover
Gravesham
Maidstone
Sevenoaks
Shepway
Swale
Thanet
Tonbridge and Malling
Tunbridge Wells
Burnley 1,847,235
934,128
Lancashire 11,477,948
468,953 1,022,900 803,516 1,031,826 889,177 1,048,207 1,981,814 2,342,439 916,559 981,256
Chorley
Fylde
Hyndburn
Lancaster
Pendle
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rossendale
South Ribble
West Lancashire
Wyre 1,428,119
613,972 848,621 761,990
1,462,514 768,782 1,149,593 273,220 791,339 543,377 989,185
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Leicestershire 3,067,448
Lincolnshire 4,884,203
Norfolk 6,367,664
Northamptonshire 3,518,428
North Yorkshire 3,537,599
Nottinghamshire 5,475,412
Oxfordshire 4,532,081
Somerset 3,466,256
Blaby
Charnwood
Harborough
Hinckley and Bosworth
Melton
North West Leicestershire
Oadby and Wigston
Boston 446,001
456,797 772,425 353,013 406,500 237,311 524,776 316,626
East Lindsey
Lincoln
North Kesteven
South Holland
South Kesteven
West Lindsey
Breckland 921,450
1,458,783 586,170 626,912 539,728 670,960 555,649
Broadland
Great Yarmouth
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
North Norfolk
Norwich
South Norfolk
Corby 403,833
704,540
941,786 1,248,225 953,786 882,232 715,645
Daventry
East Northamptonshire
Kettering
Northampton
South Northamptonshire
Wellingborough
Craven 433,307
334,672 397,153 505,145
1,092,088 327,542 457,995
Hambleton Harrogate Richmondshire Ryedale Scarborough Selby
375,828 571,343 212,493 452,569
1,145,100 346,958 Ashfield 743,713
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
Gedling
Mansfield
Newark and Sherwood Rushcliffe
917,848 676,273 820,019 993,620 803,085 520,855
Cherwell 846,856
Oxford
South Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse
West Oxfordshire
Mendip 700,744
964,129 1,054,022 1,113,055
554,019
Sedgemoor
South Somerset
Taunton Deane
West Somerset
Cannock Chase 725,896
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire 6,868,850
765,786 983,781 657,557 358,389
795,155
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Suffolk 4,824,576
Surrey 6,930,715
761,300 1,177,897 774,240 1,042,314 1,211,721 380,327
Lichfield
Newcastle-under-Lyme
South Staffordshire
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Tamworth
Babergh 522,743
Forest Heath
Ipswich
Mid Suffolk
St Edmundsbury
Suffolk Coastal
Waveney
Elmbridge 667,039
362,363 934,117 480,275 635,439 776,333
1,113,306
Epsom and Ewell Guildford
Mole Valley
Reigate and Banstead Runnymede Spelthorne
535,225 552,066 606,214 878,406 594,584 644,335 600,832 360,308 584,905 906,800
Warwickshire 3,511,151
West Sussex 6,467,144
Worcestershire 4,235,741
Surrey Heath
Tandridge
Waverley
Woking
North Warwickshire 543,688
Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick
1,128,215 492,918 662,298 684,032
Adur 511,693
Arun
Chichester
Crawley
Horsham
Mid Sussex
Worthing
Bromsgrove 709,261
1,324,891 1,174,486 715,853 957,246 796,061 986,915
Malvern Hills
Redditch
Worcester
Wychavon
Wyre Forest 1,002,622
478,123 649,144 537,726 858,864
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Unitary Authorities /Boroughs £s
Barking And Dagenham 1,264,509 Barnet 1,971,131 Barnsley 2,330,936 Bath And North East Somerset 991,023 Bedford 965,566 Bexley 2,023,569 Birmingham 8,803,371 Blackburn With Darwen 1,460,815 Blackpool 1,840,297 Bolton 2,452,071 Bournemouth 1,181,889 Bracknell Forest 658,685 Bradford 3,519,468 Brent 3,599,500 Brighton And Hove 1,597,166 Bristol, City Of 2,421,339 Bromley 1,680,928 Bury 1,423,169 Calderdale 2,063,214 Camden 727,538 Central Bedfordshire 1,315,349 Cheshire East 1,637,470 Cheshire West And Chester 2,526,768 City Of London 26,313 Cornwall 5,243,484 County Durham 4,890,626 Coventry 2,851,451 Croydon 2,046,194 Darlington 739,776 Derby 1,599,003 Doncaster 1,965,353 Dudley 4,373,387 Ealing 2,529,769 East Riding Of Yorkshire 2,127,454 Enfield 2,542,222 Gateshead 1,479,687 Greenwich 1,941,443 Hackney 1,184,865 Halton 1,377,944 Hammersmith And Fulham 1,018,510 Haringey 1,818,183 Harrow 1,180,502 Hartlepool 863,063 Havering 1,426,010 Herefordshire, County Of 1,558,348 Hillingdon 3,456,593 Hounslow 2,033,255 Isle Of Wight 1,584,113 Isles Of Scilly 20,871 Islington 1,318,486 Kensington And Chelsea 666,726
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Kingston Upon Hull, City Of 1,968,062 Kingston Upon Thames 1,032,341 Kirklees 2,483,091 Knowsley 1,933,712 Lambeth 1,145,265 Leeds 5,630,909 Leicester 1,853,971 Lewisham 1,053,080 Liverpool 5,920,841 Luton 1,096,073 Manchester 5,746,448 Medway 1,691,060 Merton 989,719 Middlesbrough 1,563,664 Milton Keynes 870,924 Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,867,086 Newham 1,932,506 North East Lincolnshire 2,188,308 North Lincolnshire 1,763,122 North Somerset 1,632,396 North Tyneside 1,306,700 Northumberland 2,327,915 Nottingham 1,888,709 Oldham 1,618,419 Peterborough 1,523,587 Plymouth 1,954,042 Poole 833,647 Portsmouth 1,403,597 Reading 815,160 Redbridge 1,659,392 Redcar And Cleveland 1,260,482 Richmond Upon Thames 1,307,463 Rochdale 2,046,740 Rotherham 2,119,269 Rutland 185,789 Salford 2,407,464 Sandwell 3,223,486 Sefton 3,348,568 Sheffield 3,509,204 Shropshire 2,498,220 Slough 775,074 Solihull 1,695,563 South Gloucestershire 1,601,273 South Tyneside 1,335,576 Southampton 1,711,289 Southend-on-Sea 1,193,374 Southwark 1,149,371 St. Helens 2,180,373 Stockport 1,980,621 Stockton-on-Tees 1,246,607 Stoke-on-Trent 2,388,829 Sunderland 2,857,117 Sutton 1,233,241 Swindon 897,154
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Tameside 1,978,203
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Telford And Wrekin |
1,575,312 |
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Thurrock |
899,098 |
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Torbay |
1,524,090 |
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Tower Hamlets |
1,572,542 |
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Trafford |
1,688,279 |
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Wakefield |
3,006,990 |
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Walsall |
2,895,213 |
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Waltham Forest |
1,607,858 |
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Wandsworth |
1,199,531 |
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Warrington |
1,518,756 |
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West Berkshire |
1,400,143 |
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Westminster |
1,182,326 |
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Wigan |
3,121,786 |
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Wiltshire |
2,551,185 |
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Windsor And Maidenhead |
704,994 |
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Wirral |
3,325,489 |
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Wokingham |
732,581 |
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Wolverhampton |
2,440,054 |
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York |
1,003,471 |
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