Question reference: S6W-14058
- Date lodged: 18 January 2023 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many private social care providers have utilised its social care staff support fund.
Answer
The Scottish Government has supported additional staffing costs, including the Social Care Staff Support Fund, through sustainability payment funding to Integration Authorities.
£561 million in 2020-21 and over £700 million in 2021-22 was allocated to Integration Authorities for social care Covid-19 support, including sustainability payments. While no further Barnett consequentials have been provided, the Scottish Government has continued funding a number of additional Covid-19 costs in 2022-23, providing funding for all costs associated with vaccinations and testing in care homes, and the Social Care Staff Support Fund, to 31 March 2023.
We do not have data broken down to the level requested by the member.