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C Mullins
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Information Governance Team
Adult Social Care Directorate
Surrey County Council
Pavilion 1
Millmead House
Millmead
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 4BB
2 May 2017

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DearC Mullins,

Your requestunder the Freedom of Information Act 2000

I write in response to your request for information received by the Council on 30 March 2017.

In your request you asked to be provided with information in relation to the following:

Please can you confirm the hourly rate that will be payable to service users in receipt of a direct payment as of April 2017?

Individuals open to our adults social care service receiving a direct payment, will receive a personal budget for their funding basedon an assessment of their eligible needs.

We therefore do not have an hourly rate payable for Direct Payments as the overall personal budgets people receive will varyalongside the needs of each individuals we support.

I hope you find the information provided helpful.

If you are unhappy with the handling of your request for information and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision, in the first instance you should contact the Freedom of Information Officer for Surrey County Council, quoting your request number given above, at the Surrey address detailed below.

Freedom of Information Officer

Surrey County Council

Room 138

County Hall

Penrhyn Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT1 2DN

If you are not satisfied by Surrey County Council’s response to your complaint, you have the right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner will normally expect you to have exhausted our complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the Cheshire address below.

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

We supply this information based on your original request. Please do not hesitate to contact me at the above address, should you have any queries regarding the information enclosed.

Yours sincerely,

Jennifer Muttram

Information Governance Team

01483 517679

Email:

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