Scottish Government

Tribal Consulting
Peter Wood
Valerie Strachan
Chris Adams
Pippa Leary

Scottish Government Social Research 2007

ISBN 978 0 7559 6910 4 (Web only publication)

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Chapter One Introduction
Background and rationale
Study brief
Study approach
Study issues
Study outline

Chapter Two Analytical framework
Introduction
The meaning of unit costs
Non-accommodation based/floating support
Findings and discussion

Chapter ThreeAnalysis of secondary data
Introduction
Variation by region and client group
Explaining variation in unit cost
Key findings

Chapter FourAnalysis
Introduction
Key findings

Chapter Five Conclusions
The brief
Cost variation between Scotland and England
Unit cost variation across Scotland - causes and drivers
Promotion of VfM and cost convergence
Benchmarking

APPENDIX A: ISSUES FOR BENCHMARKING

APPENDIX B: ADDITIONAL ISSUES

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.