Adult social care: people in long-term support, England
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People in long-term adult social care support in England at the end of each year since 2003-04, by age and by residential, nursing and community support, with the latest year's requests for support from new clients, from DHSC's adult social care activity report.
People in long-term adult social care support
672,025
2024/25 · at 31 March; requests for support from new clients in the year: 665,350 aged 18 to 64 and 1,301,885 aged 65 and over
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:23 UTC- Aged 18 and over
- Aged 18 to 64
- Aged 65 and over
- Residential care, 18 and over
- Nursing care, 18 and over
- Community support, 18 and over
Source: Department of Health and Social Care. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
22 periods, newest first
| Period | Aged 18 and over | Aged 18 to 64 | Aged 65 and over | Residential care, 18 and over | Nursing care, 18 and over | Community support, 18 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 672,025 | 275,825 | 396,200 | 137,260 | 54,645 | 480,120 |
| 2023/24 | 649,915 | 264,465 | 385,450 | 134,325 | 53,025 | 462,565 |
| 2022/23 | 628,900 | 258,850 | 370,050 | 130,340 | 50,090 | 448,470 |
| 2021/22 | 613,360 | 253,625 | 359,735 | 127,320 | 48,360 | 437,680 |
| 2020/21 | 615,980 | 256,110 | 359,870 | 125,425 | 46,430 | 444,125 |
| 2019/20 | 630,065 | 254,375 | 375,690 | 136,520 | 53,280 | 440,265 |
| 2018/19 | 636,495 | 255,115 | 381,380 | 137,380 | 54,120 | 444,995 |
| 2017/18 | 641,710 | 253,810 | 387,900 | 136,920 | 53,490 | 451,300 |
| 2016/17 | 654,765 | 254,500 | 400,265 | 141,095 | 54,515 | 459,155 |
| 2015/16 | 652,295 | 247,070 | 405,225 | 144,000 | 55,305 | 452,990 |
| 2014/15 | 656,500 | 247,445 | 409,055 | 145,715 | 54,970 | 455,815 |
| 2013/14 | 710,255 | 257,080 | 453,175 | 156,685 | 56,290 | 497,280 |
| 2012/13 | 715,945 | 255,075 | 460,870 | 158,185 | 56,390 | 501,370 |
| 2011/12 | 742,485 | 253,000 | 489,485 | 162,570 | 57,150 | 522,765 |
| 2010/11 | 772,950 | 259,400 | 513,550 | 162,370 | 57,240 | 553,340 |
| 2009/10 | 844,080 | 268,150 | 575,930 | 166,760 | 58,805 | 618,515 |
| 2008/09 | 821,500 | 261,045 | 560,455 | 169,075 | 60,775 | 591,650 |
| 2007/08 | 833,380 | 258,685 | 574,695 | 170,660 | 65,470 | 597,250 |
| 2006/07 | 840,805 | 251,100 | 589,705 | 177,225 | 70,065 | 593,515 |
| 2005/06 | 866,740 | 249,030 | 617,710 | 183,420 | 73,520 | 609,800 |
| 2004/05 | 877,630 | 246,625 | 631,005 | 190,915 | 74,030 | 612,685 |
| 2003/04 | 894,615 | 245,515 | 649,100 | 199,405 | 75,805 | 619,405 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-social-care-activity-report-england-2024-to-2025
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 8 November 2026, 13:06 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/adult-social-care-activity-report-england-2024-to-2025SHA-256 d6b860dfb81006e235b17066885996a9b736393d21df4b5c20dd655de82f8e58 · 27,417 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2a759815f2a70fac7e5d4d/asc-activity-report-england-2024-to-2025-data-tables-updated-june-2026.odsSHA-256 e2375e3fdde43cb1291542a1acba1c071648fc5d4f0d1ce6415454d02fe01fd2 · 351,653 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:23 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:23 UTC; 132 of 132 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department of Health and Social Care; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:06:34Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 132 of 132 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's table_2 match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 132 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 132 of 132 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's table_2 match |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2024/25 ended 587 days before retrieval (limit 640), from Adult social care activity report 2024 to 2025: data tables |
| Pass | Table 2's year end agrees with Table 60 | 2 of 2 cases of the latest year's age bands in long-term support at the year's end are Table 60's, within the 5 DHSC rounds to within 5 (0 exactly), 2 of them by the publisher's known difference: 18 to 64 (+125), 65 and over (+100) |
| Pass | Table 2's regions add up to England | 10 of 10 cases of Table 2's measures for England are its nine regions', within half of the 5 DHSC rounds each of the ten figures to within 25 (5 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-social-care-activity-report-england-2024-to-2025 – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Clients of councils with adult social care responsibilities in long-term support at the end of each year, 31 March, as DHSC's Table 60 gives them: in residential and nursing care and in the community, by age. From 2023-24 the figures come from the client level data collection, before then from the returns that came before it, so DHSC's methodology annex says how far the years compare.
- DHSC rounds every figure to the nearest 5, and Table 60's totals are the sums of their rounded parts, without people in prisons: they differ a little from the year-end figures elsewhere in the report.
- The latest year's requests for support from new clients, short-term support to maximise independence, people supported during the year and reviews are DHSC's Table 2 figures for England, by age band (meta, table_2); DHSC gives no all-ages total in that table, and the hub adds none. The Isles of Scilly sent no data, and DHSC has not scaled England's figures for it.