§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown by programme and region of the planned expenditure figures for health and social work he announced on 9 December, Official Report, columns 184–86 in his statement to the House.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe breakdown of planned provision for health and social work announced by my right hon. and learned Friend by programme is as follows:
Health £ million Social Work £ million 1986–87 Cmnd 9702-II Provision 2,080 363 Estimated Outturn 2,086 378 1987–88 Cmnd 9702-II Provision 2,170 360 Revised Provision 2,216 389 1988–89 Cmnd 9702-II Provision 2,260 360 Revised Provision 2,310 400 1989–90 Provision 2,410 410 The figures for 1988–89 and 1989–90 have been rounded to the nearest £10 million.
The allocations to be made to health boards for current and capital expenditure on hospital and community health services in 1987–88 will be announced in due course. It is not possible to anticipate accurately expenditure in the forward years by health board area on the demand-led family practitioner services.
The greater part of the social work programme is local authority current expenditure. Local authorities do not receive specific allocations for current expenditure on individual programmes. Within their overall current expenditure guidelines local authorities are free to determine their own priorities. It is not possible therefore to break down the provision by region. Allocations to local authorities for social work capital expenditure in 1987–88 (and provisional allocations for later years) will be announced in February.