Spending on adult social care, actual and projected, 2009/10–2025/26 (2025/26 prices)

Source: Institute for Government analysis of NHS Digital, ‘Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England 2023-24’ (‘Appendix C, Table 5’) and MHCLG, ‘Local authority revenue account budget data’, 2024/25 and 2025/26.Notes: Spending shown in this chart is for England only and is net current expenditure. The projection applies the percentage increase in local authority spending on adult social care in 2024/25 from the revenue outturns to the total government spending on the sector for 2023/24. For 2025/26, we use the percentage increase in local authorities' core spending power for 2025/26. Please see the Methodology for more details.Get the data Download image
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