Introduction
The purpose of this Statistics Release is to present the third set of national figures for services provided by local authorities in Scotland for adults with learning disabilities. All figures for 2005 relate to the week ending 18 September 2005 and are provisional. As such, they may be subject to change. The final figures will be published in future publications.
This publication is a result of The same as you? review of services for people with learning disabilities, published in May 2000. Its 29 recommendations for developing learning disability services set out a programme for change over 10 years.
Main Points
- 14 per cent of adults with learning disabilities were in employment and 27 per cent of these were in open employment.
- 28 per cent of all adults with learning disabilities lived in their own tenancy.
- 31 per cent of adults with learning disabilities attended day centres and 28 per cent had some form of alternative day opportunity
- A local area co-ordinator service was in use in 27 local authorities, compared to 24 authorities in 2004 and 13 in 2003.
- One quarter of all adults with learning disabilities known to local authorities had a personal life plan.
Chart 1: Percentage of Adults with Learning Disabilities living in their own tenancies
