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

	Year
	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	2001
Number of day centres	105	120	148	146	158	157	159
Number of places	6,895	7,721	8,521	8,682	8,911	8,742	8,577
Number attending	6,353	7,486	8,596	8,344	8,934	8,587	7,693

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

Local Authority	Total Number of Centres	Total Number of Places	Places per 10,000Pop'n aged 16-64	Total Number Attending	per 10,000 Number Attending Pop'n aged 16-64
Aberdeen City	4	140	10	129	9
Aberdeenshire	10	500	34	518	35
Angus	3	160	23	194	28
Argyll & Bute	4	186	33	131	23
Clackmannanshire	2	77	25	68	22
Dumfries & Galloway	5	251	28	210	23
Dundee City	5	270	30	253	28
East Ayrshire	3	178	23	168	22
East Dunbartonshire	2	154	21	134	18
East Lothian	4	149	26	155	27
East Renfrewshire	3	142	24	132	23
Edinburgh, City of	13	761	25	721	23
Eilean Siar	2	13	8	9	5
Falkirk	3	190	20	177	19
Fife	8	682	30	595	26
Glasgow City	15	1,048	26	858	21
Highland	14	389	29	419	32
Inverclyde	3	114	21	103	19
Midlothian	2	140	26	126	23
Moray	9	178	33	182	34
North Ayrshire	3	174	20	156	17
North Lanarkshire	6	424	20	330	15
Perth & Kinross	4	150	18	171	20
Renfrewshire	5	308	27	317	28
Scottish Borders	8	514	77	330	50
Shetland Islands	1	55	38	28	19
South Ayrshire	2	169	24	134	19
South Lanarkshire	7	461	23	373	18
Stirling	2	150	27	133	24
West Dunbartonshire	2	220	36	181	30
West Lothian	5	230	22	258	24
Scotland	159	8,577	26	7,693	23

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.

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