§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the percentage of National Health Service expenditure within Scotland on (a) mental illness and (b) mental handicap patients in 1950–51, 1960–61, 1970–71 and for the last available year.
§ Mr. William RossThe percentages that hospital expenditure—revenue and capital—on the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped bore to the total cost of the NHS in Scotland in the years requested are set out in the table below. It is not possible to identify non-hospital expenditure.
Mentally Ill. Mentally Handicapped. Per cent. Per cent. 1950–51 … 8.2 1.6 1960–61 … 8.8 2.2 1970–71 … 8.7 2.8 1974–75 … 9.9 3.4