This is one of a series of reports prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act requires all statistics currently designated as National Statistics to be assessed against the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The report covers the sets of statistics included in the following National Statistics

• Home Care Services, Scotland (HCS) produced by the Scottish Government:
• Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland (FPNC)
• Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons, Scotland (RBPSP) and
• Self-directed Support, Scotland (SDS).

Scottish Community Care (Scottish Government): Letter of Confirmation as National Statistics