As part of the UK wide Skills for Care and Development Alliance, the SSSC was the first organisation to commission research into the economic value of adult social care in Scotland and the UK with the last report published in 2018.
For this new report, Skills for Care and Development commissioned Alma Economics to analyse the adult social care sector’s economic and social value in the UK as a whole and in each of the four nations using data from 2022/23.
The research informs the economic case for investment in the social care sector and its workforce in the UK, as well as in each of the four nations. It’s also used to inform policy making and national spending review decisions on investment.
The total direct, indirect and induced value of the adult social care sector in Scotland was £5.2 billion.
It is important to note that the findings are not necessarily comparable with previous reports due to differences in the data, methodology and other external factors. As a result, we cannot comment on the causes of any changes in figures since the 2018 report, since these are not necessarily attributable to the sector itself.
UK report
We’ve also published the UK report on the adult social care sector’s economic and social value showing the total direct, indirect and induced value of the adult social care sector in the UK was £71.2 billion in 2022/23.
The reports
You can read the summary report, full report and view the infographic on the economic value of the adult social care sector in Scotland on our data website. You can also read the UK report there.
Skills for Care and Development Alliance
Skills for Care and Development is an alliance of seven organisations in the UK and Republic of Ireland, that focuses on regulation and workforce development in social care, social work and early years.
The alliance consists of Skills for Care, Northern Ireland Social Care Council, Scottish Social Services Council, Social Care Wales, CORU, Early Years Alliance and Social Work England. Find out more at www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk