Service user take up of Direct Payments and Personal Budgets

Direct Payments
Personal Budget

No of service
No of
users receiving
services
No of service
Percentage
No of services
Percentage
a Direct
users
users receiving
receiving a
users receiving
receiving a
Period
Payment
receiving a
a service via a
Direct
a Community
service via a
(traditional or
Community
Personal
Payment
Based Service
Personal Budget
via Personal
Based
Budget
Budget
Service
1/4/2011 30/11/2011
11/12) – based on 8
857
6016
14.2%
1315
6016
21.8%
months activity
1/4/2010 – 31/3/2011
(10/11)
732
6803
10.7%
950
6803
14.0%

1/4/2009 to 31/3/2010
543
6534
8.3%
720
6534
11.0%
(09/10)
1/4/2008 to 31/3/2009
425
6347
6.7%
153
6347
2.4%
(08/09)
1/4/2007 to 31/3/2008
282
6248
4.5%
61
6248
1.0%
(07/08)
1/4/2006 to 31/3/2007
222
6182
3.6%
14
6182
0.2%
(06/07)

Percentage of service users on a Direct Payment and Personal Budget from 1/4/2011 to 30/11/2011
•  The number of service users receiving a Community Based Service (excludes residential/nursing care)  between 1/4/2011 to 30/11/2011
is 6016.
•  Of this number 857 (14.2%) have received a service via a direct payment (this could be via the traditional method or self-directed support)
•  1315 (21.8%) have received a service via a Personal Budget

Service user take up of Direct Payments and Personal Budgets

Trend over the last 5 years
Direct Payments:
Service users taking direct payments has seen a steady increase in numbers rising from 222 (3.6%) in 1/4/2006 – 31/3/2007 to 857 (14.2%) in
1/4/2011 to 30/11/2011.
Personal Budgets:
The take-up of services via personal budget  was very low between 1/4/2006 to 31/3/2009 – 0.2% to 2.4% of the community based population. A
sharp rise was seen 09/10 where the proportion rose from 2.4% (153 service users) in 08/09 went up to 11% (720 service users). Over the last
two years this has had a steady increase to 21.8% at the end of November 2011.
Planning & Performance
10/1/2012