§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of expenditure by Inverclyde district council and Strathclyde Regional council, respectively, has been provided by rate support grant in each year since 1975.
§ Mr. AncramThe figures below show the proportion of relevant expenditure including loan charges, provided by rate support grant for Inverclyde district council and Strathclyde regional council in each year since 1975. The grant figures for 1986–87 are based on the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 4) Order 1985. No adjustment has354W been made for grant penalties since they will be restored if authorities bring their expenditure down to guideline on outturn.
Strathclyde Rate support grant as percentage of expenditure Inverclyde Rate support grant as percentage of expenditure 1975–76 64.6 46.7 1976–77 67.3 52.5 1977–78 67.2 53.5 1978–79 65.4 48.1 1979–80 63.8 48.5 1980–81 62.2 47.1 1981–82 59.7 40.2 1982–83 59.1 39.8 1983–84 59.0 40.8 1984–85 55.0 39.9 1985–86 55.3 26.1 1986–87 53.1 27.4
§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give for each local authority in Scotland the average weekly expenditure on the provision of meals for each resident in its homes for the elderly.
§ Mr. John MacKayThis information is not available from local authority financial returns.