Information & advice

N.B. Updated Factsheets for 2009/2010 will be published following the Budget on 22 April. The Supplementary Sheet at the bottom of this page gives the expected figures for benefits and charging for social care services from 06 April 2009‚ based upon information available as at 27 March 2009.

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What care and support services can you expect the local authority to provide? Local authority powers and duties derive from a number of different Acts of Parliament.

Our factsheet 32 explains the difference between a power and a duty and explains how these influence the provision of services.

Factsheet 32 includes the following information:

• What are powers and duties?
• Services that the council must provide
• Other services that councils may provide
• Applying for services
• Challenging decisions about services

This factsheet may be particularly useful for anyone questioning a local authority decision not to provide services‚ or for anyone interested in the legal framework social services operate within.

Further information

Please download our factsheet in the top right corner of this page and the Supplementary Sheet below for detailed information.