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Written question asked by Liz Kendall (Labour) on Thursday, 16 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 March 2023. It was answered by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Friday, 31 March 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Personal Budgets

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people currently in receipt of personal budgets ask their local authority to pay the money to another organisation.

Answer

The care and support statutory guidance sets out that every adult whose social care and support needs are met by their local authority must receive a personal budget as part of their care and support plan, or support plan.

NHS Digital’s Short and Long Term (SALT) Data Returns and Adult Social Care Finance Returns (ASC-FR) contain data on personal budgets and direct payments, but not the specific data points required to directly answer these questions. A complete list of SALT and ASC-FR publications is available at the following link:

www.digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report

Table 34 of the Data Tables resource for the 2021/22 release includes some data regarding the number of people in receipt of personal budgets.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
167082
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Personal budgets
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk