FY22/23 and FY23/24 Direct Payments
Case reference FOI2025/00587
Received 21 March 2025
Published 14 April 2025
Request
Response
In Fy22/23 and FY23/24 how much was paid by Direct Payment to social care clients? How much of the FY22/23 and FY23/24 Direct Payments was recovered due to fraud, error, misuse of funds or overpayment? For both adults and childrens
A: Please see below. Please note that all our recalls are bulked together so the Service Area are unable to break the totals down into categories. They can confirm however that the below does only cover funds recalled or requested for the reasons given in your request and does not include recovery of client contribution arrears. There have been no recalls due to fraud in the timescales requested.
Adults Payments made:
2022-23 = £12,041,199
2023-24 = £13,383,464
Adults Recalls:
22-23 Total recalls received/invoiced raised: £1,355,353
23-24 Total recalls received/invoiced raised: £1,326,451
Children’s payments made:
2022/2023 £803,883
2023/2024 £1,142,184
Children’s Recalls:
22-23 Total recalls received/invoiced raised: £94,076
23-24 Total recalls received/invoiced raised: £58,837
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