(a) Data on the number of adult social care packages which have been initiated is not held centrally.Numbers of new personal care clients were previously collected and published annually until 2022-23. Data was based on one quarter of data (January to March), each year and was available at local authority (LA) level, although not all LAs were able to provide the information:Social care: eligibility criteria and waiting times Scotland 2022-2023 - gov.scot.Due to difficulties faced by LAs in providing the data requested, including issues with consistency and comprehensiveness, this data collection has been paused while SG work with Public Health Scotland to explore ways to obtain more robust data.