Scottish Government

Scottish Community Care Statistics 2001

Day Care

Tables 2.3 and 2.4 provide information on day care services primarily intended for people with learning disabilities. Day care figures for other client groups are included in chapters 1, 3, 4 and 5. Please refer to the notes in annex A for definitions on which the data are collected.

In 1998 a new methodology was introduced for dealing with non-response. Care should be taken when comparing time series data before and after 1998 as the figures may not be directly comparable. Please refer to annex A for more details.

In 2001, a new survey of day care services took place. The figures for "number attending" in 2001 are not comparable with previous years. In 2001, information was collected on numbers attending day centres during the census week. In previous years, the numbers attending related to all persons who regularly attended regardless of whether they were there during census week.

Table 2.3: Number of Day Centres ¹ for People with Learning Disabilities, Places and People Attending, 1985-2001

Includes centres with four places or less (which are usually attached to residential homes).

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

It can be seen from table 2.3 that the number of day centres for people with learning disabilities in Scotland has risen to 159, the highest during this period. The number of places progressively increased until 1997. Since then, however, there has been a slight downturn.

Table 2.4: Day Centres ¹ for People with Learning Disabilities as at 31 March 2001

Includes centres with four places or less (which are usually attached to residential homes).

Source: SEHD Community Care Statistics - D1-B Return

Table 2.4 presents the number of centres, available places and attendees at day care centres as at 31 March 2001 in each local authority.

Scottish Borders had 50 people attending per 10,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64. This was the highest attendee rate for Scotland. The overall Scotland attendance per 10,000 of the population aged between 16 and 64 was 23. Scottish Borders also had the highest number of available places per 10,000 of the 16-64 population (77) whilst the Scottish equivalent was 26.