§ 40. Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the amounts of money paid out by regional and islands councils under section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 in each of the last two financial years.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is as follows:
Payments by local authorities under section 12 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 Regional or Islands Council 1985–86 £ 1986–87 £ Borders 3,691 3,995 Central 11,135 11,760 Dumfries and Galloway 3,496 4,586 Fife 37,467 37,511 Grampian 18,882 25,597 Highland 5,572 12,189 Lothian 42,425 56,645 Strathclyde 386,659 447,457 Tayside 13,603 13,633 Orkney 516 520 Shetland 7,620 2,989 Western Isles 3,723 6,183 Scotland 534,789 623,065