Department of Health Grants within Area Based Grant 2010-11 (Revised April 2009)
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(These figures don't include the AIDS Support grant allocation and other criteria set by HM Government through the Area Base Grant)
PDF version It should be noted that the Area Based Grant does not have any ring-fencing restrictions. Local authorities are free to use all of this non-ring fenced funding as they see fit to support the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their areas.
1) Adult Social Care Workforce
The Adult Social Care Workforce ABG budget allocation for 2010/11 is £375,000. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
|
Adults Safeguarding Team salaries |
£42,600 |
|
Workforce Development Team training budget |
£332,400 |
2) Carers
The Carers ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £681,000.
£584,300 is allocated to Adult Social Care and £96,700 is allocated to Children’s Services. The Adult Social Care portion has been allocated as follows:-
|
Grants to community groups providing carers’ breaks |
£388,800 |
|
Respite care |
£195,500 |
The Children’s Social Care portion has been allocated as follows:-
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Grants to community groups providing carers’ breaks |
£46,300 |
|
Training |
£13,000 |
|
Holiday Access Programme |
£21,400 |
|
Transition Officer |
£16,000 |
3) Child & Adolescent Mental Health
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £251,100. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
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CAMHS Psychology staffing (provided by South West London & St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust) |
£163,900 |
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CAMHS Worker |
£47,200 |
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Residential Care |
£24,300 |
|
Section 17 Adolescent Response Team |
£15,700 |
4) Learning Disability Development Fund
The Learning & Disability Development Fund ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £104,300. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
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Training |
£45,000 |
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Advocacy Service |
£43,000 |
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Carers Support Worker |
£16,300 |
5) Local Involvement Networks
The Local Involvement Networks ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £107,000. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
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Contract for host organisation for Local Involvement Networks and associated Council monitoring costs |
£107,000 |
6) Mental Capacity Act and Independent Mental Capacity
The Mental Capacity Act and Independent Mental Capacity ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £75,800. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
|
Adults Safeguarding Team salaries |
£53,700 |
|
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service |
£22,100 |
7) Mental Health
The Mental Health ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £367,600. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
|
Employee training |
£44,700 |
|
Mental Health Nursing care |
£121,300 |
|
Mental Health Homecare |
£169,000 |
|
Mental Health Direct Payments |
£32,600 |
8) Preserved Rights
The Preserved Rights ABG allocation for 2010/11 is £1,077,900. The funding has been allocated as follows:-
|
Residential care |
£1,077,900 |
Total 2010/11 Adult Social Care Workforce £719k
Allocated as:
£328k Training Team Staffing
£279k Adult Social Services Department-Wide Training of Staff
£92k Trainee Social Workers
£20k NVQ Training of Social Workers
Total 2010/11 Carers £1,444k
Allocated as:
£161k Services for Parent Carers of Disabled Children (Sunday Play Service, Youth Clubs, Summer & Easter Holiday Schemes, Individual Budgets & Direct Payments, Flexible Breaks, DP Support Worker)
£136k Services for Young Carers (including Young Adult Carers Group)
£62k Services for Carers of Learning Disabilities clients (including Carers User Group & Carers Reference Group, complementary therapies, training, newsletters, and activities)
£97k Services for Carers of Mental Health clients (including Crisis Provision, Dual Diagnosis Support Project, MH Diversity Project, MH Carers Support Group and Therapeutic Support Group)
£329k Services for Carers of Older People (including homecare services, respite services, befriending/sitting service for dementia, Alzheimer’s support & information service, Older Carers Outreach Development Project, day services)
£42k Services for Carers of Physical Disabilities clients (respite services)
£129k Islington Carers Centre – generic services covering all client groups (Advice & Information Worker, flexible breaks fund, Carers Health Days, support groups and activities)
£20k Emergency Carers Respite
£383k Personal Budgets for Carers
£50k Commissioning/Administration of Carers Services
£20k Training courses for Carers
£15k Funding for Carers Week, Carers Rights Day, and consultations
Total 2010/11 Child & Adolescent Mental Health £853k
Allocated as:
£823k Services provided by NHS Islington
£30k Refugee Therapy Centre
Total 2010/11 Learning & Disability Development Fund £285k
Allocated as:
£285k Contributes to services provided within the Islington Learning Disability Partnership
Total 2010/11 Local Involvement Networks £169k
Allocated as:
£150k Service provided by Voluntary Organisation
£19k Consultation Support
Total 2010/11 Mental Capacity Act & Independent Mental Capacity £157k
Allocated as:
£116k Independent Mental Health Capacity Advocacy Service provided by Voluntary Organisation
£41k Safeguarding Adults Unit staffing
Total 2010/11 Mental Health £1,004k
Allocated as:
£466k Contribution to services provided by Voluntary Organisations (block supported accommodation placements, day services, advocacy, welfare rights, employment advice)
£369k Contribution to services provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
£90k Contribution to Joint Commissioning staffing
£79k Contribution to Mental Health spot placements
Total 2010/11 Preserved Rights £1,024k
Allocated as:
£1,024k Contribution to placements across Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Older People and Physical Disabilities client groups (this grant is the transfer from Central Government to Local Authorities of the funding used to pay the higher rate of income support, in order to enable Local Authorities to meet the cost of their new responsibilities towards residents with preserved rights).
It should be noted that the Area Based Grant does not have any ring-fencing restrictions.
Local authorities are free to use all of this non-ringfenced funding as they see fit to support the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their area. With this in mind, we don't keep any records of how notional allocations of the ABG would be spent in particular areas of adult social care service delivery.
| The Authority's area based grant awarded by the Department of Health included in the Council's budget for 2010/2011 is £6,972,719. The funding has been fully spent in all cases during the financial year. The table below details for each funding element the responsible Directorate and Service Area: | |||
| Element | |||
| ABG Value | £ | Responsible Service | Responsible Directorate |
| Adult Social Care Workforce | 816,694 | Resources | Human Resrouces - Organisational Development |
| Carers £1,854,134 | 1,854,134 | Adults Health and Wellbeing | Commissioning and Strategy - Carers |
| and | |||
| Resources - Commissioning | |||
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health | 1,423,214 | Children Schools and Families | Childrens Social Care |
| Learning and Disability Development Fund | 348,497 | Adults Health and Wellbeing | Commissioning and Strategy - Learning Disabilities |
| Local Involvement Networks | 207,268 | Chief Executives | Partnerships |
| Mental Capacity Act and Independent Mental Capacity | 181,155 | Adults Health and Wellbeing | Commissioning and Strategy - Mental Health |
| Mental Health | 1,228,086 | Adults Health and Wellbeing | Commissioning and Strategy - Mental Health |
| Preserved Rights | 913,671 | Adults Health and Wellbeing | Commissioning and Strategy - Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities and Older People |
| 2010/11 Area Based Grant Funding - Adult Social Care | |||
| What is the total budget spend through the Dept of Health grant? | Q | Where is the money allocated or spent? | |
| Total Budget/ Spend | A | The DoH grants below are fully allocated to Adult Social Care Revenue Budgets and spent on the following. | |
| £'000 | |||
| Social Care Workforce | 676 | Supporting workforce development in social care in the statutory, private and voluntary sector. Funds training and helps staff achieve NVQ qualifications & continuous professional development. | |
| Carers | 1,291 | Enhancing provision of community care incl. children's services, to allow carers to take a break from caring and supports services that are responsive to the needs of carers. | |
| Local Involvement Networks | 150 | To set up an independent local network to support the involvement of people in the commissioning, provision and scrutiny of local health and social care services. | |
| Mental Health | 616 | Assists the authority to fund the provision of social care for people with mental illness. | |
| Preserved Rights | 1,469 | Funds the cost of residential accommodation for persons ordinarily resident in the area who were previously in relevant accommodation with Preserved Rights to higher income support. | |
| Learning Disabilities Development Fund | 175 | Supports the implementation of the Learning Disabilities "Valuing People" White paper, which until 2007/08 was allocated to PCT's for local learning disability partnership boards to determine its allocation. The local authority now leads on this. | |
| Mental Health Capacity | 135 | Funds three areas of work, the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate Service (IMCA), Mental Capacity Act training and a service response to the Deprivation of Liberty legislation. The act makes it a legal requirement for people lacking mental capacity to have independent advocacy when there are no known relatives or close friends to speak for them. | |
| 4,512 | |||
Adult Social Care Area Base Grant Allocations
Sum of 10-11 Allocation in Base Budget
Grant Summary Category Total
Carers Grant Assessment & Care Management 32,000
Carers Support 66,940
Consultation / Development 55,140
Day Centre Support 128,950
Drop In Centre Support 9,240
Emergency Care 40,250
Information / Advice / Support / Advocacy 183,040
Information / Advice / Support / Advocacy for Minority Communities 42,580
Short Breaks / Respite 288,490
Therapy 17,600
Carers Grant Total 864,230
Learning Disability Development Fund Advocacy 56,950
Assessment & Care Management 6,650
Outreach 84,000
Learning Disability Development Fund Total 147,600
Mental Health Grant Assessment & Care Management 160,410
Befriending / Outreach 29,260
Client Support 1,800
Crisis Resolution 155,300
Day Centre Support 52,000
Discretionary In Year Savings 700
Drop In Centre Support 25,000
Employment, rehabilitation and support 51,250
Information / Advice / Support / Advocacy 74,120
Information / Advice / Support / Advocacy for Minority Communities 22,180
Outreach 9,240
Therapy 4,320
Mental Health Grant Total 585,580
Mental Health Incapacity Grant Admin 12,600
Advocacy 37,826
Assessment & Care Management 26,942
Doctor's Assessments 11,172
Training 12,300
Mental Health Incapacity Grant Total 100,840
Preserved Rights Provison of Residential Care for Adults whom have Preserved Rights 755,380
Preserved Rights Total 755,380
Grand Total 2,453,630
Department of Health
Adult Social Care Workforce 128,000
Adult Social Care Workforce 403,000
Carers 1,018,000
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 627,000
Learning and Disability Development Fund 198,000
Local Involvement Networks 141,000
Mental Capacity Act & Independent Advocacy 114,000
Mental Health 671,000
Preserved Rights 755,000
DOH Total 4,054,000
| Adult Social Care | |
| Adult Social Care Workforce | 773.514 |
| Mental Capacity Act and Independent Mental Capacity | 164.789 |
| Mental Health | 983.449 |
| Preserved Rights | 1,206.280 |
| Carers | 1,632.376 |
| Learning Disability Development Fund | 279.075 |
| Total Adult Social Care | 5,039.483 |
| Corporate | |
| Local Involvement Networks | 184.117 |
Further to your FOI request - The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s ABG for 2010/11, which includes DH and DFE elements totals £21.967m. This forms part of the Councils base budget of £676m (gross) , and £155m (net) . The areas of expenditure which the ABG allocations go towards funding are detailed below.
You will be aware that the Area Based Grant (ABG) does not have any ring-fencing use restrictions on Councils, and as such, Local authorities are free to use all of this funding as they see fit to support the delivery of local, regional and national priorities in their local areas. For 2011/12 a separate Area Base Grant will no longer exist , with all the remaining resources being subsumed into Councils formula grant.
The ABG has been used alongside Children’s and Adult Care base budgets , to fund the following in 2010/11 at LBBD:
Adult Care - £11.2m (gross) which includes -
In-house Older Persons Homecare/Residential (£4.1m)
Housing Support & Vulnerable Adults (£1.4m)
Passenger Transport Service (£5m)
Support/Management (£700k)
Adult Commissioning - £53.6m (gross) including -
Older Persons (£34.4m)
Learning Disabilities (£14m)
Physical & sensory (5.2m)
Mental Health - £4.4m (gross)
Children’s Safeguarding & Rights - £34m (gross)
LB Lewisham FOI response on Health 2010/11, click here for response