Question reference: S6W-13353
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 16 December 2022
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 December 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on the commitments that it made jointly with COSLA in its Statement of Intent, published in March 2021, and when it will set out further joint commitments with COSLA to continue to bring about improvements to the social care sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government and COSLA have today jointly published a new Statement of Intent. It is available on the Scottish Government website here: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781805253778 .
This new Statement of Intent will report on the progress of the commitments made in our joint Statement of Intent published in March 2021, and sets out additional actions we will take across the next 12 – 18 months to bring about improvements to the delivery of social care support.