The information requested is only available for local authorities with adult social services responsibilities and not for parliamentary constituencies.
The following table shows the number of adults aged 18 and over in East Sussex county council area receiving community based services within their own home and residential care from 2003, when the Fair Access to Care Services criteria were introduced, to 2008. All figures are inclusive of Eastbourne constituency.
Community based services data for 2008 is provisional. Fully validated data will be published in February 2009.
Rounded number As at 31 March 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Community based services1 9,540 29,330 9,270 9,130 9,875 310,065 Residential care 3,785 3,660 3,420 3,390 3,475 3,550 1 Community based services include home care, day care, meals, overnight respite (not in the client's home), short term residential care (not respite), direct payments, professional support, equipment and adaptations and other community based care provided by the council. 2 Data on the number of people receiving community based services from 2004-05 is not comparable to previous years. In 2004-05 restated guidance was issued to exclude people receiving services from grant funded organisations who had not had a community care assessment. 3 Provisional data. Source: RAP, Table P2s and SRI, Table S3