Summary

This publication contains provisional council information and will be followed-up by the national summary and full national report in winter 2008 and spring 2009 respectively.

Key Facts

• just over a million contacts from new clients were made to Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities in England in 2007-08; which resulted in a further assessment of need or commissioning of ongoing service, this is up 1 per cent from 2006-07
• 661,000 new clients had their first assessment completed during 2007-08, this is up 2 per cent from 2006-07
• 1.77 million clients received services provided, purchased or supported by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities following a community care assessment. This has remained unchanged since 2006-07
• the numbers receiving residential services has dropped by 3 per cent since 2006-07. The number receiving community based services has risen by 1 per cent.