Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each local authority area it estimates are eligible for Self-directed Support, and how this compares with the number of claimants.
The annual Social Care Survey collects information on people known to Local Authorities that are receiving social care services. This includes self-directed support where a person has been assessed, made a choice and received a service through that choice within the relevant year of the survey. The following table provides figures on the number of self-directed support clients from the 2017 Social Care Survey, along with the total number of social care clients for context. It should be noted that not all people in the survey will be able to exercise choice over their services or support, for example, those receiving reablement and/or crisis support. There is also variability in the set-up of services across Local Authorities.
Local Authority | Social Care Clients | Self-directed Support Clients |
Aberdeen City | 9,437 | 389 |
Aberdeenshire | 11,924 | 4,473 |
Angus | 4,183 | 1,051 |
Argyll & Bute | 3,693 | 1,180 |
Clackmannanshire | 2,600 | 1,656 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 6,843 | 6,843 |
Dundee City | 11,338 | 5,327 |
East Ayrshire | 5,143 | 944 |
East Dunbartonshire | 6,065 | 1,633 |
East Lothian | 4,732 | 917 |
East Renfrewshire | 6,423 | 727 |
Edinburgh, City of | 18,668 | 4,676 |
Eilean Siar | 1,419 | 626 |
Falkirk | 7,569 | 2,758 |
Fife | 12,711 | 3,350 |
Glasgow City | 15,130 | 3,333 |
Highland | 8,083 | 6,083 |
Inverclyde | 4,117 | 4,117 |
Midlothian | 3,499 | 2,290 |
Moray | 2,912 | 1,315 |
North Ayrshire | 6,512 | 6,512 |
North Lanarkshire | 10,142 | 1,193 |
Orkney Islands | 827 | 103 |
Perth & Kinross | 5,784 | 4,790 |
Renfrewshire | 4,669 | 830 |
Scottish Borders | 3,946 | 1,757 |
Shetland Islands | 1,423 | 48 |
South Ayrshire | 4,849 | 3,257 |
South Lanarkshire | 12,608 | 7,420 |
Stirling | 3,379 | 1,597 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3,330 | 116 |
West Lothian | 8,260 | 2,457 |