FOI Request - Self Directed Support

Request 101002868456

1. How many people received self-directed support in each year from 2018/19 to now, broken down by option.
2. What the total spend was on self-directed support in each year from 2018/19 to now, broken down by option.
3. What the notional budget allocation was for self-directed support at the start of each financial year from 2018/19 to 2020/21.
4. Whether there was any underspend in the self-directed support budget for 2020/21 due to covid and if so how much that was.

Response 17-09-2021

1. 

Year                     Option 1             Option 2             Option 3
2018/19              317                      183                      707
2019/20              406                      209                      2463
2020/21              224                      114                      1558

2.           In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 'information not held', please be advised we are unable to differentiate at this time the difference in spend between option 2 and 3, but we are able to breakdown spend between option 1 and 2+3 together as accurate as we are able to as follows:
                            18/19                                 19/20                                 20/21
Option 1             £2,142,246.00                  £2,199,705.00                  £2,893,966.00
Option 2/3         £33,803,215.00               £35,674,271.00               £38,169,741.00

3. and 4.        In accordance with section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 'information not held', please be advised that we don't allocate specific social work budgets to SDS as it is based on individual need/ assessment and whether the support is crisis intervention/ re-ablement as opposed to long term support and we don't differentiate between these budgets.