FOI003016 FOI Adults Social Care

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please tell me:
•    The total number of Court of Protection welfare cases your council was involved in 2025
•    If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
•    The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases  
•    If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
•    The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases
•    If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
•    Of this, the total amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases
•    And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
•    And of this, the amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) is an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases
•    And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024