Explore forecasts for your area
The England forecasts are free to explore on this website. Purchasing access opens the forecasts for all nine English regions and 146 local authorities.
Explore the same indicators at regional and local authority level, including prediction intervals and the figures underlying each chart.
What you receive
Choose any available region or local authority to explore its charts, view the underlying figures and download the data.
The 2026 edition includes recorded data and forecasts to 2035 for adult social care, related welfare services and expenditure. Prediction intervals are included to show the uncertainty around each forecast.
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Local authorities covered146 local areas
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English regions covered9 English regions
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Price of the 2026 edition£50 one payment
Information included
Each regional and local authority area includes the same range of indicators, allowing you to explore different parts of the welfare system alongside adult social care.
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Adult social care
The number of adults with a learning disability receiving long-term adult social care support.
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Education, Health and Care plans
Children and young people with an EHC plan whose main need is a learning difficulty.
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Children in Need
Children recorded as having a learning disability within the Children in Need data.
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Disability Living Allowance
Children entitled to DLA whose main disabling condition is recorded as a learning difficulty.
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Personal Independence Payment
Working-age adults entitled to PIP whose main recorded disability is a learning disability.
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Adult social care expenditure
Recorded and forecast spending on long-term adult social care for adults with a learning disability.
How to get access
Purchase the 2026 edition to access the regional and local authority forecasts. What you purchase remains available to you and does not expire.
Each year’s updated forecasts are a separate purchase, so you will not be charged automatically for a new edition.