AQW 53438/11-16

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 26/01/2016
Answered On Date: 22/03/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail what proportion of the total budget for the (i) Northern Health and Social Care Trust; and (ii) Western Health and Social Care Trust has been spent on domiciliary care packages and care within the community, in each of the last three years.

Answer:

The proportion of the total budget spent on domiciliary care packages by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last three years is as follows:

2012/13 – 8.13%

2013/14 – 8.56%

2014/15 – 8.43%

The proportion of the total budget spent on domiciliary care packages by the Western Health and Social Care Trust in each of the last three years is as follows:

2012/13 – 5.20%

2013/14 – 5.65%

2014/15 – 5.93%

Care within the community covers a wide range of services for adults and children it is not possible to provide details of the spend in this area.