Community Care Statistics: Social Services Activity, England

This is a report on the social care activity of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England. It contains information taken from council administrative systems used to record the process of assessing eligibility to state-funded social care and providing services where people are eligible.

From 2014/15 it uses data from the new SALT return, information presented here are findings from the final data submitted by CASSRs and relates to England for the period 1 April to 31 March.

Prior to 2014/15, it combined data from three sources: the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care return (RAP), the Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR) and the Personal Social Services Expenditure and Unit Costs Return (PSS-EX1). Information presented here is based on final data and relates to England for the period 01 April to 31 March each year.