SDS Budgets

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1.
How much money has your council spent on SDS in the past three years (Individual amounts for each year please?)

2.
How many people are given SDS budgets by your council, and what was the maximum claimed by an individual?

3.
Please can you give details of how much was spent on the following:
a) New car/ vehicle
b) New Clothes
c) Cosmetic products
d) Cosmetic treatments and cosmetic surgery
e) Events tickets
f) Jewellery
g) Massages/ spa treatments/ beauty treatments
h) Holidays/ flights
i) Home improvements
j) New furniture
k) Hairdressing
l) Meals out/ drinks out.

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Brighton and Hove City Council

How much money has your council spent on SDS in the past three years (Individual amounts for each year please?)
Financial Year Total
2011/12 13,711,791
2012/13 15,403,860
2013/14 20,751,958

2.
How many people are given SDS budgets by your council, and what was the maximum claimed by an individual?

Financial Year No. of people given SDS budgets*
2011/12 2370
2012/13 2444
2013/14 3045
*Source ‘RAP SD1’ for each of the 3 years

When assessing individual need the maximum amount agreed for a personal budget was:

Financial Year Maximum claimed
2011/12 £135,282
2012/13 £127,261
2013/14 £129,101

3.
Please can you give details of how much was spent on the following:

‘This information will be held on individual care plans and is not in a reportable format’.

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