FOI Request - Free Personal Care
Request 101002911174
This is a Freedom of Information request for the following information:
• In each year since 2019, how many people under 65 years old have (a) applied for and (b) received free personal care?
• In each year since 2019, how much has been spent providing free personal care to people under 65 years old?
• In each year since 2019, how many enquiries/complaints have been received regarding a lack of provision of free personal care for people under 65 years old?
Response 17-11-21
| FPC | Care Homes | Home Care | ||
| People | £ | People | £ | |
| 2018-19 | 42 | £380,016.00 | 222 | £2,008,656.00 |
| 2019-20 | 36 | £331,344.00 | 197 | £1,813,188.00 |
| 2020-21 | 40 | £374,400.00 | 216 | £2,021,760.00 |
No complaints have been received regarding a lack of provision of free personal care for people under 65 years old.
Enquiries are not recorded: this information therefore falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Not Held.