Issue - meetings
Review of Non Residential Charging Policy
Meeting: 15/01/2007 - Executive Member for Housing and Adult Social Services Advisory Panel (Item 71)
71 Review of Non Residential Charging Policy 
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This report recommends that the Executive Member agrees an updated charging policy for non residential care services subject to approval of the 2007/08 budget by the Executive in January.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Adult Social Services be advised to agree option 1 and the introduction of the revised non residential charging policy with effect from April 2007 subject to the agreement of the budget proposals at the Executive in January and full budget council in February.
Decision of the Executive Member for Adult Social Services
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure clarity and equity for customers and to ensure the department has a balanced budget for 2007/08.
Minutes:
Members considered a report which recommended that the Executive Member agreed an updated charging policy for non residential care services subject to approval of the 2007/08 budget by the Executive in January.
Members were presented with two options:-
Option 1 - To agree the updated non residential charging policy as attached at Annex 1.
Option 2 - To not agree the updated policy and continue with the current situation where there was no formal policy document that could be shared with customers.
The main changes included within the revised policy were charging on planned care, disability related benefit disregards, and clarity of policy.
Members requested that officers make the application process as transparent as possible to reduce the level of bureaucracy involved. Officers reported that a welfare benefits advisor would be sent out to the customer to help them fill in the application form.
The Labour Group reserved their position in relation to the disability related benefit disregards until the Budget.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for Adult Social Services be advised to agree option 1 and the introduction of the revised non residential charging policy with effect from April 2007 subject to the agreement of the budget proposals at the Executive in January and full budget council in February.
Decision of the Executive Member for Adult Social Services
RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel as set out above be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To ensure clarity and equity for customers and to ensure the department has a balanced budget for 2007/08.