Social Services: North East
(asked on 15th March 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of people receiving social care in each of the seven authorities in the Northeast Local Economic Partnership area are entitled to public funding to support that care.
The following table contains estimates of the proportion of residential social care service users in each of the seven authorities in the Northeast Local Economic Partnership area who are in receipt of public funding.
Local Authority | Approximate proportion who are state supported |
Durham | 71% |
Gateshead | 69% |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 64% |
North Tyneside | 61% |
Northumberland | 69% |
South Tyneside | 89% |
Sunderland | 67% |
Total | 70% |
This information is an estimate based on internal analysis derived from the National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service and Care Quality Commission occupancy data for residential social care – data is not available for domiciliary care. This estimate uses 2012/13 data, which provides the most recent comparable data sets for this purpose.