Kernow CCG has since negotiated a care package with a local provider.
We hear back that shipping is too expensive but that they found a local provider, either a farm or on the black market.
Typically, local authorities will offer young people like Joe three or four days of education at a local provider, often travelling by taxi or specially arranged transport.
If you plan to stay in one area for most of your travels, you might be better off signing up with a local provider.
A local account will help with running your day-to-day finances - paying bills and so on - and could help if you want to obtain credit from a local provider at any stage.
Jere Rood, director of Lift Up, a local provider of emergency food, clothing and housing, said the response to the organization's annual fund-raising drive, which began last month, was slower than usual.
Sharon Allen, qualified social worker and housing professional and chief executive of Skills for Care: "Look for a local provider (or local branch of a national provider), find out what they're looking for and use your skills and experience and talk with them about how you can transfer this into working with them".
Believing, along with other politicians of similar stamp, that it is the responsibility of government to ensure a minimum standard for the public services, Mr Blunkett feels obliged to step in whenever a local provider falls short of the mark.
But are you locked in to your carrier's international calling plan if you leave the country, or can you swap SIM cards and use a local provider for far less?
As such, they may choose a local provider, which may better protect their privacy.
