North Yorkshire CC is considering intervening in the local care market to tackle soaring costs.
The rural nature of North Yorkshire, with facilities and those receiving home care spread across a wide area, means the council ends up paying £2.5m more each year than in urban areas, officers have calculated.
An additional £2.8m is also spent each year in transporting users to day centres.
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