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Adult social care client contributions
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1. What was the total income the local authority received from client contributions towards the cost of adult social care for each of the following years: 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025 - present? By client contributions, we mean any payments that recipients of care in their own home must pay the local authority towards the cost of providing that care.
2022/23: £1,864,596
2023/24: £1,751,594
2024/25: £1,658,111
2025/26: £1,708,011
2. For each of those same years, please provide the total expenditure made by the local authority on adult social care in relation to care people receive in their own home (home visits, etc)
2022/23: £12,495,358
2023/24: £13,274,320
2024/25: £14,762,128
2025/26: £12,923,262
3. Please provide information as to how the local authority determines if someone's contributions should increase.
As per attached document
4. If a decision is made that a client's contribution should increase, but the client does not contribute the higher rate of payments, does the local authority allow a client to run up arrears.
No, we do not allow this.
5. How many times during the years listed in Question 1 has the council started legal proceedings against a client for non-payment of their contributions?
None.
6. If possible, please indicate if the local authority has a benchmark arrears figure at which it will pursue legal action, and provide that figure.
There is no benchmark figure. We would review on a case-by-case basis.
7. In how many cases in the years listed in Question 1 did the local authority secure a default judgement against a client who ran up arrears?
None.
