Costs of National Care Service - planning and implementation: FOI release

Information requested

Could you supply the full costs to the Scottish Government of planning and implementing the National Care Service scheme, with a breakdown per year and what the money was spent on?

Response

Please find below a breakdown of the high level costs of the NCS since it's inception in 2021/22.

These costs have been taken from the financial ledger. (Note - in 2023/24 the sub ledger codes for Co-Design and Grant Funding were added to provide additional detail).

	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25 P01-05
Cost Area	(£k)	(£k)	(£k)	(£k)
Staffing
Total Staffing	£1,387	£9,800	£9,823	£3,374
Non Staffing
Co-Design			£104	£9
Engagement	£66	£1,026	£17	£6
Grants			£359	£131
Research & External Support	£302	£1,683	£355	£12
Staff Related	£31	£134	£87	£29
Total Non-Staffing	£399	£2,843	£921	£187
NCS Total	£1,785	£12,643	£10,744	£3,561

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