Municipal expenditure on social services
What are the costs of people receiving publicly funded social services? How are expenditures distributed across different types of social services? The municipal expenditure on social services statistics provide an overview of municipalities' expenditure on selected social services (under the Danish Social Services Act) and is available at the individual level.
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Expenditure on social services that can be directly attributed to the individual receiving the service. The concept covers municipal expenditure on selected services provided under the Danish Social Services Act (Serviceloven), where expenditure is recorded at the individual level and can therefore be attributed to the individual citizen.
Annualised expenditure per citizen receiving a given service. The concept is calculated from the actual expenditure incurred during the period in which the citizen received the service and converted to an annual amount to make expenditure comparable across citizens and periods of expenditure.
Social services indicates the provision granted under a specific section of the Danish Social Services Act (Serviceloven). Social services are granted by municipalities to adults with disabilities, social problems or other special needs, for example in the form of residential care services or social pedagogical support. An individual may receive several social serives simultaneously, as different needs may be addressed under different sections of the Act. The statistics cover a selection of sections of the Danish Social Services Act. The sections for which data are collected are specified in the Executive Order on Data Collection in the Social Services Area.
Selected statistics on Municipal expenditure on social services
Median individual unit expenditure by service type
Municipalities report data on individually attributable expenditure to Statistics Denmark. Data are submitted either through system-to-system transfers from municipalities' administrative financial management systems or via the web-based reporting solution, IDEP, which is accessed through Virk.dk. Through IDEP, municipalities can access all data they have reported. Most municipalities submit their data via IDEP.
When municipalities collect and report data through IDEP, this is primarily done in one of the following ways, or through a combination of these methods. The method used depends on the municipality's accounting practices and the availability of data:
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are extracted from the municipality's financial management system.
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are extracted from the municipality's case management system.
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are compiled and processed in a municipality-specific spreadsheet before being reported.
The data reported by municipalities are reconciled with the municipal accounting data from the Municipal Accounts and Budgets statistics.
Distribution of individual unit expenditure by residential accommodation
Municipalities report data on individually attributable expenditure to Statistics Denmark. Data are submitted either through system-to-system transfers from municipalities' administrative financial management systems or via the web-based reporting solution, IDEP, which is accessed through Virk.dk. Through IDEP, municipalities can access all data they have reported. Most municipalities submit their data via IDEP.
When municipalities collect and report data through IDEP, this is primarily done in one of the following ways, or through a combination of these methods. The method used depends on the municipality's accounting practices and the availability of data:
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are extracted from the municipality's financial management system.
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are extracted from the municipality's case management system.
- Expenditure and the expenditure period are compiled and processed in a municipality-specific spreadsheet before being reported.
The data reported by municipalities are reconciled with the municipal accounting data from the Municipal Accounts and Budgets statistics.
