Working-age adults supported outside the council's area, 31 March 2026
Case reference FOI2026/02342
Received 28 September 2026
Published 23 October 2026
Request
Please provide the following figures under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Who to count These definitions follow your Client Level Data (CLD) return to NHS England, so the figures should come straight from your CLD records.
- People: adults aged 18 to 64 on 31 March 2026 receiving long-term support arranged or funded, in whole or in part, by the council on that date, each counted once.
Please exclude short-term support, respite and temporary care home stays.
- Setting (CLD service component): residential care ("Long term residential care"), nursing care ("Long term nursing care") and supported living ("Community supported living", not extra care housing).
- Outside the area: the postcode of the person's normal place of residence recorded for CLD lies outside your council's boundary.
For a care home, this is the home's postcode; for supported living, the tenancy address.
- Primary support reason: as recorded for CLD.
Question 1: all adults aged 18 to 64
1a. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___,
location not recorded: ___
1b. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___,
location not recorded: ___
1c. Supported living
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___,
location not recorded: ___
1d. All three settings
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___,
location not recorded: ___
Question 2: the same adults, by primary support reason Learning disability support
2a. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2b. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2c. Supported living -
total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2d. All three settings
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
Mental health support
2e. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2f. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2g. Supported living -
total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2h. All three settings -
total: ___,
outside the area: ___
Physical or sensory support
2i. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2j. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2k. Supported living
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2l. All three settings
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
All other reasons, or not recorded
2m. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2n. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2o. Supported living
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
2p. All three settings
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
Question 3: the same adults with a recorded autism diagnosis (CLD autism field "Yes") If the council does not record autism diagnosis,please say so.
3a. Residential care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
3b. Nursing care
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
3c. Supported living
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
3d. All three settings
- total: ___,
outside the area: ___
Small numbers The totals matter most. If you need to withhold small numbers, please withhold figures in Questions 2 and 3 first, and keep the "All three settings" lines wherever possible. Please show withheld figures as, for example, "<5" with your threshold, and true zeros as 0. A band such as "1-4" is fine. If this would exceed the cost limit Please answer Question 1, then Question 2, then Question 3, and tell me which parts you could not answer, rather than refusing the whole request. Format Filling in the lines above in your reply is equally fine. If you use a different date or definition, please say which.
Response
Please provide the following figures under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Who to count
These definitions follow your Client Level Data (CLD) return to NHS England, so the figures should come straight from your CLD records.
- People: adults aged 18 to 64 on 31 March 2026 receiving long-term support arranged or funded, in whole or in part, by the council on that date, each counted once.
Please exclude short-term support, respite and temporary care home stays.
- Setting (CLD service component): residential care ("Long term residential care"), nursing care ("Long term nursing care") and supported living ("Community supported living", not extra care housing).
- Outside the area: the postcode of the person's normal place of residence recorded for CLD lies outside your council's boundary. For a care home, this is the home's postcode; for supported living, the tenancy address.
- Primary support reason: as recorded for CLD.
Question 1: all adults aged 18 to 64
1a. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 167
outside the area: ___,
Answer: 49
location not recorded: ___
Answer: 0.
1b. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 24
outside the area: ___,
Answer: 9
location not recorded: ___
Answer: 0
1c. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 46
outside the area: ___,
Answer: 10
location not recorded: ___
Answer: 0
1d. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 237
outside the area: ___,
Answer: 68
location not recorded: ___
Answer: 0
Question 2: the same adults, by primary support reason
Learning disability support
2a. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 117
outside the area: ___
Answer: 37
2b. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 3
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
2c. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 18
outside the area: ___
Answer: 3
2d. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 138
outside the area: ___
Answer: 40
Mental health support
2e. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 16
outside the area: ___
Answer: 3
2f. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 3
outside the area: ___
Answer: 2
2g. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 11
outside the area: ___
Answer: 3
2h. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 30
outside the area: ___
Answer: 8
Physical or sensory support
2i. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 25
outside the area: ___
answer: 7
2j. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 17
outside the area: ___
Answer: 6
2k. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 14
outside the area: ___
Answer: 4
2l. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 56
outside the area: ___
Answer: 17
All other reasons, or not recorded
2m. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 9
outside the area: ___
Answer: 2
2n. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 1
outside the area: ___
Answer: 1
2o. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 3
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
2p. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 13
outside the area: ___
Answer: 3
Question 3: the same adults with a recorded autism diagnosis (CLD autism field "Yes")
If the council does not record autism diagnosis, please say so.
3a. Residential care -
total: ___,
Answer: 5
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
3b. Nursing care -
total: ___,
Answer: 0
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
3c. Supported living -
total: ___,
Answer: 1
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
3d. All three settings -
total: ___,
Answer: 6
outside the area: ___
Answer: 0
Small numbers
The totals matter most. If you need to withhold small numbers, please withhold figures in Questions 2 and 3 first, and keep the "All three settings" lines wherever possible. Please show withheld figures as, for example, "<5" with your threshold, and true zeros as 0. A band such as "1-4" is fine.
If this would exceed the cost limit
Please answer Question 1, then Question 2, then Question 3, and tell me which parts you could not answer, rather than refusing the whole request.
Format
Filling in the lines above in your reply is equally fine. If you use a different date or definition, please say which.
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