Non-residential care charge queries: FOI release

Information requested

1. A copy of the latest topical briefing material prepared for Ministers, most likely for the Minister for Social Care, regarding non-residential care charges.

I am basically looking for a document which includes the top lines, claims and facts about non-residential care charges that the minister would look at before interviews or discussing the topic at the Scottish Parliament.

2. The number of meetings the Scottish Government has held specifically to discuss the policy of ending of non-residential care chares.

Please provide the number of meetings held in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Please note this is a policy that the SNP committed to delivering during the 2021 election.

3. Confirm if the Scottish Government has conducted any financial cost analysis on the policy of ending non-residential care charges.

If the Scottish Government has done that then please state when that analysis has been done (time and date) and please make it clear if it has been done multiple times.

4. The number of meetings the Minister for Social Care has attended that specifically focused on ending non-residential care charges in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Response

The answer to each of your questions are below:

1. A copy of the latest topical briefing material prepared for Ministers, regarding non-residential care charges.

A copy of the latest brief produced for Ministers on non-residential care charges is attached. This formed part of a briefing pack for a visit by the Minister for Social Care to Glasgow Disability Alliance on 14 March 2025 (see PDF).

2. The number of meetings the Scottish Government has held specifically to discuss the policy of ending of non-residential care chares.

Please provide the number of meetings held in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

2022 eight meetings
2023 four meetings
2024 three meetings
2025 one meeting

3. Confirm if the Scottish Government has conducted any financial cost analysis on the policy of ending non-residential care charges.

If the Scottish Government has done that then please state when that analysis has been done (time and date) and please make it clear if it has been done multiple times.

The Scottish Government has completed two financial analyses of costs related to the removal of non-residential social care charges in November 2023 and August 2024.

4. The number of meetings the Minister for Social Care has attended that specifically focused on ending non-residential care charges in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

The Minister attended one meeting in 2023 which specifically focused on ending non-residential care charges.

An exemption(s) under section(s) s.38(1) B FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested. Due to full names and contact details of officials and s.30 B(i) information not relevant to your request.

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FOI 202500456787 - Information released - Briefing Pack

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