ASC Budget and spend/Childrens Services Budget and spend

1.What was your adult social care budget in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?
2. What was your actual adult social care spend in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 so far?

Please see the financial figures for Q1 and Q2.

Adult Social Care Net Budget & Actuals 2010-15

£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 *
Adult Social Care Total Net Budget 83,423 85,013 82,994 82,258 79,724
Adult Social Care Total Net Actuals 83,087 82,061 80,567 84,118 63,169

* Budget and Actuals for 2014/15 do not include any transfer to revenue costs from Capital programme which are processed as part of the closedown procedures
* Actuals for 2014/15 do not include any overhead costs which are processed as part of the closedown procedures
* Actuals for 2014/15 cover the period April 2014 to January 2015

3. How many people received adult social care support from your authority in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?

2010-11: 4868
2011-12: 4670
2012-13: 4496
2013-14: 4479

4. How many staff did your authority employ working in adult social care in 2010/11 583, 2011/12 1012, 2012/13 1003, 2013/14 825 and 2014/15 989?

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Q5.
What was your child social care budget in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?

These figures below come from the published DfE section 251 financial statements, defined as – Total Children & Young Peoples services and Youth Justice.

It should be noted that the budget statement and the spend statement are not aligned so may not be looking at exact like for like services and the guidance issued by the DfE for the completion of the statements has changed during the period so it is not possible to make comparisons year on year.

Year Budget
2010/11 £40.260m
2011/12 £45.897m
2012/13 £57.863m
2013/14 £55.005m
2014/15 £54.608m

Q6.
What was your actual child social care spend in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 so far?

Year Spend
2010/11 £53.605m
2011/12 £55.764m
2012/13 £55.198m
2013/14 £55.564m

The 2014/15 spend figures are not currently available.

Q7.
How many people received child social care support from your authority in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?

Throughout 2010-11 5,934

Throughout 2011-12 4,459

Throughout 2012-13 3,884

Throughout 2013-14 3,379

Data is taken from CIN Census Statistical First Releases for all authorities which provide the number of children in need throughout the year
We can’t provide figures for 14/15 as the year hasn’t finished yet.

Q8.
How many staff did your authority employ working in child social care in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15?

The average headcount for Social Care and Safeguarding as of June 2014 is 336.5.

Prior to April 2014 and since 2010 there was a there have been a number of staffing restructures that resulted in Disability services and Children’s’ Centres moving out of Social Care and Safeguarding team. Therefore we cannot provide accurate figures for 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14.To do so would necessitate a manual interrogation of thousands of employee records and then running a report to extract the data and analysing the relevant figures could be produced. This would be a very time consuming exercise and, given the amount of time already spent on providing a response to this FOI, this additional work is likely to mean that the limit of 18 hours specified in the FOI Act is likely to be exceeded.

We will provide an estimated headcount (below) for Social Care and Safeguarding for years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14;

July to Sept. 2013 - 338.5
Oct to Dec 2013 - 345
Jan to March 2014 – 335