In April 1999, information from the National Intellectual Disability Database indicated that in the period 2000 to 2004, 1,677 new residential and 912 new day places were required to meet the identified needs for these services. Since 2000, over 900 new residential and over 2,000 new day places have been provided. It should be noted that in addition to the day places required to meet the needs of those awaiting placement in the services as mentioned above, the additional funding also provided for those requiring a change in day services, for example, young people leaving school and requiring rehabilitative training places or those moving from rehabilitative training to other areas of the services such as sheltered work, activation or services for older people. In relation to residential services, in some cases, an enhanced level of support would also have been provided for those already in receipt of some level of residential services.