Community Care: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) local authorities and (b) primary care trusts spent on social care for people in (i) their own homes and (ii) care homes in each of the last five years. (126547)

The following two tables provide information on the gross current expenditure from councils with social services responsibilities (CSSRs) for residential care, home care and other community-based services for both adults and children in England for the years 2001-02 to 2005-06. Expenditure data on social care by primary care trusts are not centrally available.

*Gross current expenditure on residential care, home care and other community-based services for adults, England 2001-02 to 2005-06*
£000
	Residential care¹	Home care	Other community-based services
2001-02	5,393,700	1,690,900	1,593,400
2002-03	6,314,400	1,795,800	1,690,000
2003-04	6,313,900	1,982,100	1,847,500
2004-05	6,740,100	2,220,000	2,048,400
2005-06	7,042,900	2,486,400	2,258,600
Note: From 2002-03 onwards the data on adults includes clients that transferred to CSSR support on 8 April 2002 who were formerly in receipt of higher rates of income support under the DWP preserved rights (PR) scheme. Source: PSS EX1, Information Centre.

*Gross current expenditure on residential care, home care and other community-based services for children, England 2001-02 to 2005-06*
£000
	Residential care	Home care	Other community-based services
2001-02	815,200	21,100	1,469,100
2002-03	879,400	24,500	1,690,200
2003-04	982,400	27,300	1,944,200
2004-05	1,063,900	31,200	2,190,600
2005-06	1,103,600	32,700	2,366,700

Volume 459: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007