Information on work on National Care Service Bill: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

  • Information on the National care service bill. How many civil servants worked on the policy. For how long. Number of meetings. The overall cost of the bill so far.

Response

You will find attached with this response the information you requested.

Please note the following: for Financial year 2021/2022, information on the number of civil servant working for the National Care Service is not information we hold.

On your request in relation to the number of meetings held, this was interpreted as the number of meetings related to the National Care Service (NCS) Programme that all civil servants working in the NCS programme attended.

Please note that under the Freedom Of Information (Scotland) Act section 12(1) Cost Limit, this request exceeds the cost limit and therefore we are unable to provide you with this information. We would advise to clarify the type of meetings that is in scope of the request.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

FOI 202400433954 - Information Released - Annex

Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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