Adult Social Care Service Users in Barnet

Financial year data from at least 2014/15 to 2015/16 shows the number of service users receiving adult social care packages commissioned by the London Borough of Barnet. The dataset is disaggregated by service user category, service type, financial year, and age group, covering both costed and non-costed care. A methodological change from RAP to SALT returns in 2014/15 means data from that year onward is not directly comparable to earlier periods.

Use Cases

• Tracking service uptake by age group and service type to inform resource allocation.
• Analyzing trends in adult social care provision before and after the 2014/15 RAP-to-SALT methodology change.
• Benchmarking the scale and categories of care packages (including equipment and professional support) within a London borough.

Strengths

• Provides detailed breakdowns by service user category, service type, financial year, and age group.
• Covers both costed and non-costed packages of care, offering a broad view of service provision.
• Appears on multiple open data platforms (uk_data, eu_open_data), indicating its importance for public accountability.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific columns, and license information are missing from all sources.
• There is a significant conflict in data freshness, with one source showing a last updated date of 2026-04-29 (likely a placeholder) and another showing 2017-01-30.
• Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, and the 2014/15 and 2015/16 data are described as indicative and not fully validated, limiting precision.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Barnet

Collection Method

Administrative data from statutory returns (RAP and SALT) on adult social care services.

Time Range

At least financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16 are referenced; the full range is unspecified.

Freshness

Conflict: One source lists '2026-04-29' (likely erroneous/placeholder), another lists '2017-01-30'. The most credible recent update is 2017-01-30.

Geography

London Borough of Barnet, United Kingdom.