FOI003635 FOI Adults Services

Please provide the following figures under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am sending the same request to councils with adult social services responsibilities across England, to build a national picture of how many working-age adults are supported outside their home council's area, and where more local provision could help people stay closer to home.

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.