LTS001b is a snapshot measure of supported clients at the year-end where the support is ‘long term’. Long Term support encompasses services provided with the intention of maintaining quality of life for an individual on an ongoing basis, and which have been allocated on the basis of eligibility criteria / policies (i.e. an assessment of need has taken place) and are subject to regular review.

Ethnicity data Long term support at the end of the year is collected for male and female participants separately. The same data items (below) are collected for both groups).

Nursing
Residential
Direct Payment only
Part Direct Payment
CASSR Managed Personal Budget
CASSR Commissioned Support only
CASSR Managed Personal Budget
CASSR Commissioned Support only

Response scale for each data item:
English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British (no. of clients)
Irish (no. of clients)
Gypsy or Irish Traveller (no. of clients)
Any other White background (no. of clients)
White and Black Caribbean (no. of clients)
White and Black African (no. of clients)
White and Asian (no. of clients)
Any other mixed / multiple ethnic background (no. of clients)
Indian (no. of clients)
Pakistani (no. of clients)
Bangladeshi (no. of clients)
Chinese (no. of clients)
Any other Asian background (no. of clients)
African (no. of clients)
Caribbean (no. of clients)
Any other Black / African / Caribbean background (no. of clients)
Arab (no. of clients)
Other (no. of clients)
Refused (no. of clients)
Undeclared / Not known (no. of clients)