Changes in the Patterns of Social Care Provision in England: 2005/6 to 2012/13

Our analyses found widespread reductions in the period 2005/06 to 2012/13 in both the observed and standardised estimates of number of adults receiving state-funded social care services on 31 March each year.  Across all user groups, approximately 320,000 fewer people received local authority brokered social care in 2012/13 than in 2005/6. This represents a 26% reduction in the number of recipients of care.