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Catalogue of Social Care Data

UNITING SOCIAL CARE DATA

Quarterly direct payments statistics – Northern Ireland (QDPS)

Quarterly direct payments statistics – Northern Ireland (QDPS)

Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.

Question/Data item wording Response scale wording Need OR provision OR receipt Description of measure Start Year Age of interest Age from Age to Informant Multiple rater Reporting term Sweep title Standard instrument Notes Physical health measures Dataset

Table 1a: Number of Direct Payments and Amount Paid (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by HSC Trust, During Quarter July to September 2025

This is broken down into HSC Trusts:
Belfast HSC Trust
Northern HSC Trust
South Eastern HSC Trust
Southern HSC Trust
Western HSC Trust
Total

And divided into:
Payments (number of)
Amount Paid £

 Provision; No. direct payments and amount paid - by HSC trust 2022 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS

Table 1b: Number of Direct Payments and Amount Paid (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by Client Group, During Quarter July to September 2025

Note 1: Figures for the number of direct payments in effect, excluding the Family and Child Care, Children with a Disability and CAMHS client groups, are reported as part of Programme for Government: Indicator 9.
Note 2: The Children with a Disability client group values may also include a small number of payments to CAMHS.

This is divided into:
Children with a Disability
Elderly
Family and Child Care
Learning Disability
Mental Health
Physical and Sensory Disability
Primary Health and Adult Community
Total

And divided into:
Payments (number of)
Amount Paid £

 Provision; No. direct payments and amount paid - by client group 2023 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS

Table 2a: Number of Direct Payments Paid During Quarter (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by HSC Trust (December 2022 to September 2025)

This is brokwn down into HSC Trusts:
Belfast HSC Trust
Northern HSC Trust
South Eastern HSC Trust
Southern HSC Trust
Western HSC Trust
Total

And divided into quarters ending (this will contiue to be updated quarterly):
2025-09-30
2025-06-30
2025-03-31
2024-12-31
2024-09-30
2024-06-30
2024-03-31
2023-12-31
2023-09-30
2023-06-30
2023-03-31
2022-12-31

 Provision; No. direct payments paid - by HSC trust 2024 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS

Table 2b: Amount Paid by Direct Payments During Quarter (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by HSC Trust (December 2022 to September 2025)

Note 1: Alongside the roll out of Self-Directed Support (SDS), a new, regional, minimum rate for direct payments is to be implemented across all Trusts. This may cause some inconsistency between quarters in regards to money paid out.
Note 2: Back payments for an earlier increase in the Direct Payment hourly rate were processed by Northern HSC Trust in November 2022, which is reflected in an increased total amount paid for quarter ending December 2022.
Note 3: Belfast HSC Trust processed this increase in January 2023, which is reflected in an increased total for quarter ending March 2023.

This is broken down into HSC Trusts:
Belfast HSC Trust
Northern HSC Trust
South Eastern HSC Trust
Southern HSC Trust
Western HSC Trust
Total

And divided into quarters ending (this will continue to be updated quarterly):
2025-09-30
2025-06-30
2025-03-31
2024-12-31
2024-09-30
2024-06-30
2024-03-31
2023-12-31
2023-09-30
2023-06-30
2023-03-31
2022-12-31

 Provision; Amount paid by direct payment - by HSC trust 2025 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS

Table 3a: Number of Direct Payments Paid During Quarter (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by Client Group (December 2022 to September 2025)

Note 1: Figures for the number of Direct Payments in effect, excluding the Family and Child Care, Children with a Disability, and CAMHS client groups, are reported as part of Programme for Government: Indicator 9.
Note 2: The Children with a Disability client group values also include a small number of payments to CAMHS.

This is broken down into:
Children with a Disability
Elderly
Family and Child Care
Learning Disability
Mental Health
Physical and Sensory Disability
Primary Health and Adult Community
Total

And divided into quarters ending (this will continue to be updated quarterly):
2025-09-30
2025-06-30
2025-03-31
2024-12-31
2024-09-30
2024-06-30
2024-03-31
2023-12-31
2023-09-30
2023-06-30
2023-03-31
2022-12-31

 Provision; No. direct payments paid - by client group 2026 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS

Table 3b: Amount Paid by Direct Payments During Quarter (including One-Off and Payments which Ceased During the Quarter), by Client Group (December 2022 to September 2025)

Note 1: Alongside the roll out of Self-Directed Support (SDS), a new, regional, minimum rate for direct payments is to be implemented across all Trusts. This may cause some inconsistency between quarters in regards to money paid out.
Note 2: Back payments for an earlier increase in the Direct Payment hourly rate were processed by Northern HSC Trust in November 2022, which is reflected in an increased total amount paid for quarter ending December 2022.
Note 3: Belfast HSC Trust processed this increase in January 2023, which is reflected in an increased total for quarter ending March 2023.
Note 4: Western HSC Trust are undertaking an audit and data cleansing exercise. This led to some payments being recoded from Family and Child Care to Children with a Disability. Values for these client groups may differ from previous publications.
Note 5: The Children with a Disability client group values also include a small number of payments to CAMHS.

This is broken down into:
Children with a Disability
Elderly
Family and Child Care
Learning Disability
Mental Health
Physical and Sensory Disability
Primary Health and Adult Community
Total

And divided into quarters ending (this will continue to be updated quarterly):
2025-09-30
2025-06-30
2025-03-31
2024-12-31
2024-09-30
2024-06-30
2024-03-31
2023-12-31
2023-09-30
2023-06-30
2023-03-31
2022-12-31

 Provision; Amount paid by direct payments - client group 2027 0-120 0 120 Data manager No Past quarter Quarterly direct payments statistics September 2025 No QDPS