Cash budget policy and funding review

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Closes 4 Aug 2025

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Survey

1. Do you or someone you care for currently receive a cash budget from Rochdale Borough Council?
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2. If you or a person you care for has a cash budget is it used it to employ a PA?
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3. Do you agree with the following principles?

The key principles of the cash budget policy are:

  • To ensure a consistent approach is applied when agreeing and managing cash budgets.
  • That the council balance the requirement to ensure the funding available is sufficient to meet the needs of the entire local population with the requirement to meet the eligible needs of an individual.
  • To enable choice and control.
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4. The proposed funding for PA’s would include the Real Living Wage, employer’s national insurance costs, pension costs and other on-costs including holiday, sick pay, travelling and training costs. Are there any other costs we need to consider?
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5. Do you agree with the additional “transitional funding” of £3.00 per hour for the first year for people who already use their cash budget allocation to employ a PA?
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6. Do you agree with the proposal that the council should arrange and fund employer’s liability insurance?
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7. Do you agree with the proposal that support services should all be subject to quality assurance and the local authority should arrange and fund these?
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8. Do you agree with the proposal that the Local Authority should carry out and fund DBS checks?
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9. If you have any comments on any other aspect of the cash budget policy please include them here.
10. If you are interested in working with us to improve our services for cash budget recipients in the future please leave contact details below.