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3. Local Authority Analysis
- All Local Authorities made payments for packages of Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) during the year to 31 March 2008.
- Fife council had the most number of people receiving Self-directed Support (Direct payments) packages. (13 per cent of the Scotland total). Fife's payments amounted to £3.3 million. However the city of Edinburgh contributed the greatest value overall, at over £4.4 million (15 per cent of the total amount paid). Eilean Siar had the smallest number of clients with 11 people receiving payments.
- All but 4 Local Authorities had more people receiving payments in 2008 than in the previous year.
- The average value of a payment increased in 17 of 32 Local Authorities since 2006/07.
Further Local Authority analysis can be found in the annex.
Chart 9: Number of people receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) packages, 2008
Chart 10: Rates of clients receiving Self-directed Support (Direct Payments) packages per 10,000 population, 2008
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