A line chart from the Institute for Government of the size of the adult social care workforce between 2012/13 and 20222/23 where the number of staff employed rises from 1.5m in 2012/12 to 1.68m in 2020/21, before falling for the first time to 1.62m in 2021/22 and rising slightly to 1.64m in 2022/23.