[holding answer 28 April 2008]: Information on the estimated number of working-age people (aged 18-64) receiving state funded social care support from each council is shown in the following table. It should be noted that the data were first collected from all councils in 2000-01 and the latest year for which data are available is 2006-07.
There are some issues to be aware of when comparing the data over time involving clients who were formally in receipt of higher rates of income support under the Department for Work and Pensions preserved rights scheme and clients receiving services being reinstated in 2004-05.
Rounded number Total number of clients receiving services Councils with social services responsibilities 2000-01 2001-02 2002-031 2003-041 2004-051, 2 2005-061, 2 2006-071, 2 England 427,000 443,000 464,000 482,000 492,000 518,000 543,000 North East 19,585 23,810 26,450 30,140 28,000 31,000 34,000 Shire Counties 116 Durham 3,925 4,540 5,150 6,540 7,110 7,220 8,115 104 Northumberland 3,470 3,100 2,300 3,320 3,680 4,300 4,565 Unitary Authorities 117 Darlington 720 910 980 940 930 1,120 1,205 111 Hartlepool 1,000 1,200 1,190 1,240 1,140 1,120 1,890 112 Middlesbrough 1,900 1,910 1,470 1,430 1,770 1,890 2,015 113 Redcar and Cleveland 1,075 1,170 1,150 1,110 1,310 1,500 1,575 114 Stockton-on-Tees 3— 1,590 1,570 1,640 1,650 2,050 2,090 Metropolitan Districts 106 Gateshead 1,165 1,200 1,770 1,960 2,310 2,250 1,975 107 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,160 2,320 4,340 4,440 2,160 3,600 3,220 108 North Tyneside 3— 1,710 1,610 3,220 1,500 1,580 1,955 109 South Tyneside 3— 1,900 3— 3— 1,740 1,850 1,800 110 Sunderland 2,170 2,260 2,330 2,260 2,300 2,400 3,275 North West 54,145 64,830 67,260 70,080 74,000 73,000 76,000 Shire Counties 320 Cheshire 4,980 4,430 4,560 5,620 5,430 6,380 6,470 102 Cumbria 2,440 3,310 3,660 3,420 3,930 5,140 5,115 323 Lancashire 10,895 9,140 9,460 10,200 10,680 11,000 10,965 Unitary Authorities 324 Blackburn 1,410 1,290 1,170 1,120 1,060 1,210 1,195 325 Blackpool 1,080 1,230 2,000 1,950 1,820 1,810 1,750 321 Halton 840 860 1,000 1,270 1,360 1,340 1,365 322 Warrington 1,680 3,590 2,120 1,940 1,670 1,780 2,025 Metropolitan Districts 304 Bolton 1,885 2,460 3,060 2,980 3,150 3,200 3,400 305 Bury 805 1,000 1,620 1,810 2,480 2,340 2,615 315 Knowsley 1,610 1,590 1,640 1,560 1,340 1,550 1,650 316 Liverpool 4,085 4,290 4,480 4,870 4,920 4,950 4,660 306 Manchester 3— 3— 3,260 3,770 3,810 4,450 5,110 307 Oldham 7,000 6,260 4,200 3,830 3,920 2,960 3,290 308 Rochdale 3— 1,830 2,370 2,310 1,870 1,960 2,365 309 Salford 3— 3,160 2,610 2,770 3,520 3,020 3,185 317 Sefton 3,150 3,230 1,990 2,100 2,210 2,710 2,805 318 St. Helens 1,480 1,580 1,860 2,210 2,360 2,090 1,975 310 Stockport 4,685 4,110 5,300 3,970 6,590 3,530 3,620 311 Tameside 2,370 2,820 3,220 5,100 3,950 3,640 3,600 312 Trafford 1,445 2,030 2,160 1,690 1,960 1,820 1,975 313 Wigan 3— 2,330 2,450 2,360 2,390 2,920 3,620 319 Wirral 2,310 2,940 3,080 3,200 3,150 3,260 3,270 Yorkshire and the Humber 53,730 55,340 54,100 51,220 49,000 50,000 49,000 Shire Counties 218 North Yorkshire 4,450 4,770 4,580 4,240 4,700 4,950 5,040 Unitary Authorities 214 East Riding 1,680 3,090 3,430 3,330 3,650 3,210 3,045 215 Kingston-upon-Hull 3,065 3,430 3,560 4,160 4,240 3,170 3,415 216 North East Lincolnshire 725 1,250 970 1,380 860 1,620 1,890 217 North Lincolnshire 1,825 1,120 1,490 1,900 2,300 1,840 1,690 219 York 1,360 1,370 1,940 1,920 1,780 1,820 1,765 Metropolitan Districts 204 Barnsley 2,655 4,440 3,600 4,610 3,030 3,980 4,190 209 Bradford 3— 4,020 4,160 4,770 5,030 4,870 4,585 210 Calderdale 3,355 3,150 2,760 980 1,820 1,850 1,920 205 Doncaster 6,620 1,300 2,150 1,760 1,720 1,560 1,605 211 Kirklees 3,480 4,260 3,760 3,490 3,530 3,620 3,540 212 Leeds 7,645 7,760 8,370 8,390 6,900 7,170 5,650 206 Rotherham 2,930 3,100 2,930 2,700 2,670 2,060 2,200 207 Sheffield 10,985 9,970 8,520 4,840 4,750 5,370 5,555 213 Wakefield 2,950 2,320 1,860 2,750 2,400 2,610 2,690 East Midlands 32,935 39,000 37,740 39,160 39,000 39,000 40,000 Shire Counties 506 Derbyshire 4,845 6,990 6,050 6,280 6,490 6,500 6,525 508 Leicestershire 3,515 3,940 4,290 4,360 4,330 4,790 4,450 503 Lincolnshire 9,945 8,760 8,060 8,550 5,410 5,110 5,910 504 Northamptonshire 5,150 5,770 5,000 5,320 8,370 7,480 7,155 511 Nottinghamshire 5,735 6,070 5,970 6,490 6,630 6,900 7,720 Unitary Authorities 507 Derby 2,015 2,440 2,360 2,290 2,400 2,470 2,785 509 Leicester 1,540 2,000 2,250 2,550 2,880 2,700 2,545 512 Nottingham 3— 3— 3,560 3,120 2,540 2,600 2,685 510 Rutland 180 210 220 210 220 220 280 West Midlands 34,320 39,690 46,610 46,560 49,000 51,000 51,000 Shire Counties 417 Shropshire 2,775 2,900 3,420 3,500 4,180 4,420 4,205 413 Staffordshire 7,040 5,860 7,000 7,060 7,170 7,200 6,485 404 Warwickshire 3,375 3,730 3,740 3,750 5,430 4,990 4,840 416 Worcestershire 3— 2,860 4,820 4,230 4,990 5,120 5,000 Unitary Authorities 415 Herefordshire 1,165 1,220 1,380 1,620 1,540 1,710 2,075 414 Stoke-on-Trent 1,610 2,190 2,980 3,400 2,690 2,420 2,495 418 Telford and Wrekin 2,835 1,980 2,170 2,570 2,390 2,410 2,850 Metropolitan Districts 406 Birmingham 6,875 5,200 7,390 8,390 7,700 8,720 8,420 407 Coventry 3— 3— 3,250 2,060 2,640 2,730 2,830 408 Dudley 3,485 4,060 3,030 2,900 3,110 3,350 3,365 409 Sandwell 3— 3— 2,500 1,600 2,320 2,470 2,855 410 Solihull 1,210 1,180 1,290 1,390 1,520 1,510 1,600 411 Walsall 1,100 1,570 1,850 2,420 1,830 1,730 2,180 412 Wolverhampton 2,845 1,870 1,790 1,670 1,740 1,940 2,110 South West 42,735 44,720 47,300 51,670 52,000 57,000 60,000 Shire Counties 902 Cornwall 9,475 8,600 9,160 9,700 9,750 8,830 8,635 912 Devon 5,390 4,920 4,750 5,400 5,540 7,310 7,975 809 Dorset 2,855 3,690 3,190 4,400 3,580 4,190 3,470 904 Gloucestershire 4,775 3,960 3,930 3,960 4,370 4,820 5,245 906 Isles of Scilly 40 20 10 10 10 10 10 905 Somerset 3,850 3,980 5,740 5,100 5,790 9,160 9,895 817 Wiltshire 4,110 3,220 3,060 4,700 4,750 4,290 4,920 Unitary Authorities 908 Bath and North East Somerset 3— 1,880 1,740 1,790 1,400 1,630 1,855 810 Bournemouth 2,240 1,370 1,550 1,730 1,860 1,450 1,695 909 Bristol 3,945 4,730 5,160 4,790 4,330 3,470 4,230 910 North Somerset 1,690 1,610 1,550 1,560 1,410 1,630 1,710 913 Plymouth 3— 2,130 2,190 2,310 2,170 2,540 2,920 811 Poole 810 870 950 1,460 1,550 1,710 1,880 911 South Gloucestershire 1,540 1,350 1,490 1,630 2,200 2,460 2,415 819 Swindon 1,125 1,330 1,450 1,810 1,890 1,950 2,065 914 Torbay 880 1,080 1,370 1,340 1,240 1,380 1,320 Eastern 32,650 42,440 43,800 47,470 45,000 52,000 54,000 Shire Counties 610 Bedfordshire 1,510 1,630 1,490 2,540 3,550 3,470 3,600 623 Cambridgeshire 2,285 2,470 3,190 3,450 3,460 3,790 4,185 620 Essex 6,280 12,550 12,500 12,240 3— 16,230 16,240 606 Hertfordshire 7,320 10,270 9,240 9,240 8,850 6,290 7,770 607 Norfolk 7,475 7,890 7,710 8,070 5,840 9,540 9,265 609 Suffolk 1,060 1,240 2,810 4,350 5,080 5,860 5,860 Unitary Authorities 611 Luton 1,080 1,110 1,410 1,670 1,600 1,640 1,515 624 Peterborough 880 1,990 2,010 1,930 2,190 1,660 1,680 621 Southend 3,735 2,180 2,380 2,690 2,690 2,910 2,345 622 Thurrock 1,030 1,100 1,080 1,290 1,180 1,090 1,250 London 68,125 70,800 69,790 72,770 72,000 75,000 81,000 Inner London 702 Camden 3,390 3,420 3,500 3,450 2,280 2,240 2,360 703 Greenwich 1,800 1,530 2,470 1,630 1,850 1,610 1,865 704 Hackney 1,060 3— 1,390 1,710 2,240 2,900 2,985 705 Hammersmith and Fulham 2,005 1,410 1,610 1,920 1,840 1,830 1,820 706 Islington 1,450 1,720 1,890 1,710 1,690 1,960 2,150 707 Kensington and Chelsea 1,465 1,850 2,410 3,810 4,120 2,550 2,740 708 Lambeth 2,360 2,810 2,490 2,570 2,480 2,870 2,840 709 Lewisham 2,145 2,130 2,480 2,420 2,370 2,370 2,205 710 Southwark 2,585 2,180 2,360 3,480 3,720 3,540 3,690 711 Tower Hamlets 1,810 2,550 2,460 2,350 2,260 2,860 3,005 712 Wandsworth 2,160 2,310 3,110 3,320 2,310 2,570 2,975 713 Westminster 2,140 2,070 2,040 1,980 1,980 2,450 2,655 714 City of London 340 140 140 180 160 170 145 Outer London 716 Barking and Dagenham 1,205 1,260 1,260 1,220 1,420 1,460 1,270 717 Barnet 3,070 3,630 2,510 1,440 1,770 2,500 2,660 718 Bexley 3,590 3,200 3,750 3,540 2,490 2,900 3,800 719 Brent 1,505 2,730 1,780 2,480 2,180 2,530 3,415 720 Bromley 2,375 2,450 2,930 2,840 3,040 3,490 3,600 721 Croydon 2,685 3,510 3,180 2,950 2,450 2,620 2,730 722 Ealing 2,115 2,570 2,170 2,190 2,450 3,050 3,065 723 Enfield 1,220 1,590 1,940 2,060 2,220 2,510 3,045 724 Haringey 2,920 2,250 2,280 2,320 2,240 2,730 2,795 725 Harrow 3,310 2,340 2,510 2,480 2,600 1,690 2,615 726 Havering 1,785 1,920 2,000 2,240 1,850 1,880 2,095 727 Hillingdon 2,875 1,920 1,570 1,730 1,860 1,740 1,880 728 Hounslow 1,420 2,080 1,770 2,230 2,740 2,540 2,375 729 Kingston-upon-Thames 3,975 3,630 1,940 1,640 1,680 1,750 1,520 730 Merton 1,675 1,440 1,170 1,370 1,550 1,910 2,050 731 Newham 1,260 2,360 2,110 2,130 2,450 2,620 3,295 732 Redbridge 1,870 2,220 2,510 2,620 2,630 2,400 2,635 733 Richmond upon Thames 1,110 1,120 1,170 1,320 1,290 1,330 1,620 734 Sutton 1,220 1,230 1,440 1,260 1,470 1,530 1,610 735 Waltham Forest 2,240 1,580 1,460 2,200 2,080 2,210 1,595 South East 41,945 61,950 70,940 73,150 85,000 90,000 98,000 Shire Counties 612 Buckinghamshire 1,630 2,100 2,600 2,800 2,570 2,790 3,035 815 East Sussex 3,405 2,570 3,750 4,170 3,920 3,820 4,180 812 Hampshire 8,715 17,120 15,670 18,870 28,390 27,830 30,105 820 Kent 7,835 8,900 11,860 12,340 12,400 13,530 14,885 608 Oxfordshire 3— 3— 3— 3,570 4,000 4,880 5,045 805 Surrey 3— 3— 11,050 5,040 9,420 9,910 8,770 807 West Sussex 2,510 2,800 2,840 5,510 4,330 5,710 9,405 Unitary Authorities 614 Bracknell Forest 660 830 670 660 870 1,160 1,230 816 Brighton and Hove 2,170 2,980 2,630 3,200 2,740 2,890 2,710 803 Isle of Wight 3,910 3,080 3,690 2,740 1,700 1,750 2,305 821 Medway Towns 1,605 1,650 1,380 1,620 1,990 2,740 2,615 613 Milton Keynes 85 1,090 1,310 1,730 1,580 1,880 2,555 813 Portsmouth 2,665 2,980 2,730 2,500 2,310 1,630 1,825 616 Reading 1,210 1,150 1,370 1,660 1,460 1,600 1,625 617 Slough 850 940 1,060 1,130 1,100 1,260 1,410 814 Southampton 2,245 3,150 2,880 2,560 2,650 2,830 2,950 615 West Berkshire 785 800 910 970 1,200 1,400 1,390 618 Windsor and Maidenhead 825 910 950 1,200 1,380 1,330 980 619 Wokingham 850 720 820 880 890 1,080 1,015 1 Data includes clients formerly in receipt of preserved rights. 2 Guidance was restated in 2004-05. Figures from previous years are not comparable. 3 Missing data. Notes: 1. The England and regional totals are estimates based on the figures from 150 P1 proformas. 2. Figures may not add up because of rounding. 3. Regional and national totals may not be equal to the sum of the council level figures due to the use of estimates when the council did not fully complete the return. 4. All figures presented are rounded to the nearest 10, 100 or 1,000. The precise rounding rules are: For national and regional totals: Data: Rounding rule Over 10,000: Rounding to nearest 1,000 Between 100 and 10,000: Rounded to nearest 100 Under 50: Rounded to nearest 10. 5. There are some issues to be aware of when comparing the data over time: Since 2002-03, clients who were formally in receipt of higher rates of income support under the Department for Work and Pensions preserved rights scheme and who transferred to council support on 8 April 2002 have been included in the referrals, assessments and packages of care return. Clients that were in receipt of preserved rights but who were already being partially supported by councils were previously included in the data and are not considered as clients formerly in receipt of preserved rights. This mainly effects clients in residential care. Guidance relating to clients receiving services was restated for 2004-05 to only include clients who are assessed by social services and have a care plan. In previous years, some councils included clients receiving services from grant-funded organisations without a community care assessment and therefore the 2004-05 data is not comparable to previous years. Additional clarification was also given on the recording of some types of services. These amendments mainly affect clients receiving community–based services. Source: RAP proforma P1.