3. Local Authority Analysis
- All Local Authorities made payments for packages of Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) during the year to 31 March 2009.
- City of Edinburgh council had the most number of people receiving Self-directed Support (Direct payments) packages. (12.5 per cent of the Scotland total) and these payments amounted to £5.3 million. Shetland Islands had the smallest number of clients with 16 people receiving payments.
- All but 8 Local Authorities had more people receiving payments in 2009 than in the previous year.
Further Local Authority analysis can be found in the annex.
Chart 8: Number of people receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) packages, 2009
Chart 9: Rates of clients receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) packages per 10,000 population, 2009
