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Publication, Part of

Deferred Payment Agreements, 2023-24

Official statistics

New Deferred Payment Agreements

In 2023-24 there were 3,205 new DPAs agreed, of which 515 were loan style.

Top-up information was reported for 3,200 new DPAs within this reporting year, of which 75.7% (2,425) were provided with no top-up.

What is a DPA top-up?

If you choose to enter a care home costing more than your personal budget, you can top-up any additional residential care payments from your own resources.

A DPA was not provided for 1,410 requests, of which 49.9% (705) were due to client reasons.

Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Table 3 in the Data Tables

 

Reasons for the request (where the request resulted in a DPA being provided) were reported against 3,045 new DPAs in 2023-24, and 66.6% (2,030) of these were bridging loans to allow for the sale of the client’s property.

Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England– see Table 4 in the Data Tables

 


Regional analysis

Of the total new DPAs agreed in 2023-24, the South East region agreed 660 new DPAs, which was the highest figure reported regionally, accounting for 20.6% of the national total.

East Midlands agreed 145 (4.6%) new DPAs during the reporting year, which was the lowest number reported regionally.

Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Table 1 in the Data Tables

 

The total value of the new DPAs agreed during 2023-24 was £80.4 million and the average value of the new DPAs was £25,000.

West Midlands reported the lowest average value at £15,000 compared with London which reported the highest (£35,000).

Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England– see Tables 1 and 2 in the Data Tables



Last edited: 31 October 2024 9:31 am