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

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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