Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025

31 Report on social care market

(1) The Scottish Ministers must, by the end of each reporting period make publicly available a report on the state of the social care market in Scotland.

(2) A report under subsection (1) may, in particular, include information about—

(a) the composition of the market by reference to such factors such as the scale of the economic operators in the market and their status as for-profit bodies, public bodies or third sector bodies (as defined in section 37(1) of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016),

(b) the level of profit being made by operators in the market,

(c) the tax status of the operators in the market.

(3) In this section—

• “reporting period” means each period of 3 years beginning with 1 April on the year after the year that this section comes into force,

• “social care market” means the market for the provision of social care services,

• “social care services” are the following—

  (a)

  support services,

  (b)

  care home services,

  (c)

  adult placement services,

  (d)

  housing support services.

(4) The services listed in the definition of “social care services” in subsection (3) are to be construed in accordance with schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

(5) The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, modify this section so as to change the definition of “social care services”.