County's £53m extra bill for adult social care met by 'diverting' funds

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE County Council will have to spend an extra £53 million on accommodation for young adults with learning disabilities - but the authority says funds will be diverted to cover it.

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A July decision document by the council, setting out its plans on how to achieve more accommodation for the working-age adults, highlighted the need for more than 500 extra units over the next five years.

The council says it is estimating 523 additional accommodation units will be needed to meet the demand for supported living.

The authority says it has found 83 units through working with developers who will lease them to housing providers to be released by 2027/28.

If the extra 523 homes are acquired in that time, it could increase the supported accommodation bill by around £53 million - on top of the £84.4 million spent in the 2024/25 financial year, itself an £8.5 million overspend. The council says its adult social care department “must ensure this additional spend is covered by diverting funds from alternative services or factored into new demand pressure workings”.