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Publication, Part of

Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England, 2022-23

National statistics, Official statistics, Accredited official statistics

Publication Date:
7 Dec 2023
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Ambulance Trusts
Date Range:
01 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2023
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2016-17 updated cash and real term NCE and GCE figures

Table 4 of the Net Current Expenditure and Gross Current Expenditure Tables the cash and real term figures for 2016-17 have been corrected. The correction has also taken place in Figure 3 Cash vs Real 

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Summary

The previously published Management Information released October 2023 was replaced in December 2023 and the 'National Statistics' and ‘Official Statistics’ designation reinstated. The December release also includes publication commentary, data quality tables and a PowerBI interactive tool. Data remains the same except for the addition of Data Tables T4, 12, 16, 24, 32, 36 and 51.

This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England for 2022-23. CASSRs will be referred to as local authorities throughout this report.

Aggregate data is mandated to be collected from 152 local authorities in England, to provide insight into adult social care activity and expenditure for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Key Facts

The England-level statistics for 2022-23 have been estimated as one local authority was not able to submit for SALT and three for ASC-FR.

Gross current expenditure

Gross current expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £23.7 billion. This represents an increase of £1.7 billion (7.9%) from the previous year.

Expenditure on long term support

Over three quarters (77.8% or £18.4 billion) of total gross current expenditure was spent on long term support, this has increased by £1.9 billion (11.2%) compared to 2021-22.

Long term support

In 2022-23, 835,335 clients received long term care during the year. This has increased by 17,415 clients (2.1%) since 2021-22.

 

Overall, the number of clients receiving long term care has decreased since 2015-16. This downward trend has been mainly driven by a decrease in clients aged 65 and over receiving long term care, down 44,950 to 542,545 since 2015-16.

Requests for support

For the first time, over 2.0 million (2,002,055) requests for adult social care support, were received by local authorities. These came from 1.4 million new clients, for which an outcome was determined in 2022-23. This is equivalent to 5,485 requests for local authority support received per day in England by local authorities (up 65 requests per day on last year).

 

Local authorities reported reasons for the fluctuation since last year included; services continue to be affected and operating model has evolved post-pandemic, increased complexity of clients, change in recording processes and case management systems, and increased demand for services.

Last edited: 5 March 2024 10:23 am