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<p><del class="ministerial">Data on expenditure per head of population aged 65 and
over on adult social care services is not held centrally and could only be obtained
at disproportionate cost. The attached table provides the net current expenditure
per head of population who receive adult social care aged 65 and over, broken down
by local authority and year. The last column shows the percentage change between 2009-10
and 2013-14.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Local authorities in England
spent £6.7 billion on social care for people aged over 65 and over in 2013-14, compared
with £7.4 billion in 2009-10. In 2013-14 the National Health Service transferred £859
million to social care but we are unable to include this investment in the overall
spending figure as we do not hold information on how much of it was spent on people
aged 65 and over.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The attached table provides
a breakdown of expenditure on social care per head of population aged 65 and over
broken down by local authority in 2009-10 and 2013-14. The table also details the
percentage change and actual change between those two financial years. The figures
do not include NHS transfer funding.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p>
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