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Publication - Statistics

Self-Directed Support (Direct Payments), Scotland, 2012

Published
26 September 2012
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781782561163

Presents the latest figures on the number of people in Scotland who use Direct Payments to purchase and manage for themselves some or all of the social care and support services they need.

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Table 1: Number of clients receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payment) packages by Local Authority, 2001- 2012

Number of clients
Local Authority 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Aberdeen City 4 4 11 40 46 56 101 113 101 134 159 186
Aberdeenshire 8 6 11 19 43 64 101 132 187 195 203 241
Angus 4 23 30 32 31 37 40 47 48 58 55 55
Argyll and Bute 0 0 0 29 62 79 89 104 129 153 146 148
Clackmannanshire 1 4 18 23 30 31 32 22 34 37 40 38
Dumfries and Galloway 7 25 27 39 74 116 137 163 170 156 169 243
Dundee City 0 0 0 9 20 33 38 44 47 55 48 47
East Ayrshire 0 0 17 25 36 36 49 64 67 74 88 115
East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 1 13 21 23 36 63 76 117 139
East Lothian 5 7 7 13 19 28 31 46 60 162 160 189
East Renfrewshire 0 0 0 2 11 15 15 37 37 59 63 98
Edinburgh 67 49 89 120 142 152 196 273 377 449 679 828
Eilean Siar 0 3 5 4 7 5 8 11 18 21 20 22
Falkirk 0 0 0 19 40 58 61 52 53 64 121 128
Fife 30 64 120 190 213 262 309 334 318 304 303 311
Glasgow 17 16 15 26 102 124 193 208 223 242 249 313
Highland 14 23 43 55 126 194 188 176 172 194 245 277
Inverclyde 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 16 22 22 65 81
Midlothian 0 0 0 4 20 25 29 33 51 86 95 80
Moray 0 5 7 17 28 32 43 46 43 42 132 138
North Ayrshire 0 0 0 19 23 32 47 48 52 53 58 94
North Lanarkshire 3 10 11 18 24 24 37 43 60 68 78 87
Orkney 0 0 1 16 40 46 45 30 32 41 45 55
Perth and Kinross 4 4 19 20 25 31 38 67 53 108 128 147
Renfrewshire 3 3 3 7 14 23 32 45 59 77 77 87
Scottish Borders 12 20 50 87 103 105 117 142 154 252 291 316
Shetland Islands 0 0 0 4 5 10 11 12 16 19 21 27
South Ayrshire 22 18 31 32 34 41 39 39 46 53 55 61
South Lanarkshire 0 0 0 4 18 30 46 58 169 239 260 254
Stirling 0 0 0 8 25 37 37 59 50 65 88 97
West Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 13 27 29 31 41 38 41 51 57
West Lothian 6 8 19 17 34 47 61 64 68 79 83 90
Scotland 207 292 534 912 1,438 1,829 2,233 2,605 3,017 3,678 4,392 5,049

Source: Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) Survey, Scottish Government
Note: 2007 and 2010 figures have been revised from previous publications.

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