Social care London and England – expenditure and needs

London’s high and growing social care costs, inadequately reflected in government funding, are set to intensify in the future.

London Councils commissioned LG Futures to undertake research comparing current and future projections of spending on adult social care in London and the rest of England.

This report sets out details of spending on adult social care in London and how this compares with the rest of the country.  It examines the factors that account for differences and the underlying reasons for these.  It concludes by looking at the extent to which the government’s current assessment of relative need to spend on adult social care in London compared to the rest of the country reflects real differences in cost.

The report aims to identify the main cost drivers in London to understand what this might mean for the funding and provision of adult social care going forward.