Care Packages - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Care Packages
FOI Number
15607
Date Received
14/09/2021
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your organisation:1) Can you please provide me with details of the number of people waiting for care packages in your local authority. These are usually sent out to care providers either on a daily or weekly basis and often called 'Unmet Needs' emails .For comparison, can you please provide this information from the first Monday of September, in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
That's September 3rd 2018, September 2nd 2019, September 7th 2020 and September 6th 2021.
Response
September 2019 – 62
September 2020 – 47
September 2021 – 71

Some of the information you have requested cannot be provided because Scottish Borders Council does not hold it and therefore we give notice under s17 of FOI(S)A 2002 and declare that the information is not held.
Please also note that the data date is based on internal reporting records rather than precise data dates