The following table shows the number of households receiving home care during a sample week in September in East Sussex, which includes Eastbourne, for the years 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2006. Data for 1987 are not available. Separate data for Eastbourne are not collected centrally.
19922,3 19973 2002 2006 East Sussex4 5,950 6,300 2,490 2,560 Brighton and Hove n/a 2,160 3,050 2,140 Total 5,950 8,450 5,540 4,700 n/a = Data not available. 1 Households receiving home care purchased with a direct payment are excluded. 2 First year of collection was 1992; therefore data may not be as robust as following years. 3 Information on the number of households prior to 2000 included some double counting due to some households receiving home care from both the independent sector and from their local authority. From 2000 the collection was amended to remove the issue around double counting. 4 The regional boundary of East Sussex changed in 1996 to not include Brighton and Hove within its area in subsequent years. Data for Brighton and Hove have been provided for consistent time series. Source: HH1 return.