§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of local authority expenditure on the social services has been spent on: (a) salaries, wages and administration, and (b) aids, adaptations and telephones for disabled people, respectively, in each of the last five years.
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§ Mr. Alfred MorrisFor the years 1972–73—the first year for which comparative figures are available—administra;to 197576 the proportions of net expenditure including loan charges in England were:
Percentages (a) Salaries, wages and administration (b) Aids, adaptations and telephones 1972–73 … 70.4 0.9 1973–74 … 70.2 1.2 1974–75 … 73.1 1.2 1975–76 … 73.6 1.1 Administration, but not directly related salaries and wages, have been excluded from (b).