Care Act 2014 needs assessments

Please may I request the following information for your local authority?

1. Number of Care Act 2014 needs assessments undertaken for adults with a learning disability in the previous 12 months.

2. Number of those in (1) who live in a family home.

3. Of the assessments for the people in (2), how many included a formal plan around emergency care planning including how the person will get help if their unpaid carer is unable to support them (e.g., due to illness).

4. Number of Care Act 2014 Carers Assessments carried out by the local authority in the same 12 month periods.

5. Of those in (4), how many included emergency care planning for what will happen if the carer is unable to provide care (e.g., due to illness).  
 

1. There were 78 Care act assessments completed between 1/4/2025 and 31/3/2026 by LD assigned teams

2. 53 of those in (1) the number where persons housing tenure in Living with Family / Friends, Living with Friends, Living with Relatives, Living with Parents, Staying with Family / Friends as a Short Term Guest or housing structure in Lives with parent, Lives with other family members, Lives with carer.

3. 11 of those in (2) the number where we have been able to identify a carer and the carer has a CERS plan active

4. There were 462 Number of Care Act 2014 Carers Assessments carried out by the local authority in the same 12 month periods.

5. 192 of those in (4), have included emergency care planning for what will happen if the carer is unable to provide care (e.g., due to illness).