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Overall spend and breakdown of costs for National Care Service policy: FOI release

Published
2026-07-29
Received
2026-03-12
Responded
2026-03-26
Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic
Health and social care, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

How much money has the Scottish Government spent overall on its policy for a National Care Service since 2021 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 its inception in 2021/22. These costs have been taken from the financial ledger.

Spend in £000s

Area 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 Total Spend Staff £1,387 £9,800 £9,823 £9,675 £8,100 £38,785 Staff Related £31 £134 £87 £89 £104 £444 NCS Programme Development £368 £2,709 £834 £498 £452 £4,862 Total £1,785 £12,643 £10,744 £10,262 £8,655 £44,090

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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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