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Publication, Part of

Deferred Payment Agreements Report, England - 2018-19 [PAS]

Official statistics

Publication Date:
10 Dec 2019
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Regions, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Ambulance Trusts
Date Range:
01 Apr 2018 to 31 Mar 2019

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Outstanding Deferred Payment Agreements

As at 31 March 2019, the total number of outstanding DPAs reported was 6,380, with a total value of £213.4 million.

Of the total number of outstanding DPAs reported, 0.8% (50) related to clients aged 18 to 64 and 99.2 % (6,325) to clients aged 65 and over.

Outstanding DPAs at 31 March 2019 per 100,000 adult population, by local authority

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Table 1 in the Reference Data Tables and mid year 2018 population estimates available from Office for National Statistics

 

Average value of an outstanding DPA

The average value of an outstanding DPA at 31st March 2019 in England was £33,000.

This is more than double the average amount of a new DPA (£15,000). As seen in the previous ‘Duration of concluded DPAs by the reason’ chart almost a half of DPAs are recovered within the first 12 months and so care costs for new DPAs are less likely to accrue to the same extent as outstanding DPAs.

The following chart shows the variation in average values of outstanding DPAs by region; from £21,000 in North West to £52,000 in East of England.

Average value of an outstanding DPA as at 31 March 2019 by region
Download the data for this chart Average value of an outstanding DPA as at 31 March 2019 by region

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Tables 1 and 2 in the Reference Data Tables

Last edited: 9 December 2019 1:01 pm

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