§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what further resources he has allocated to local authorities in Scotland to help them meet targets for the provision of homes for the elderly in terms of both quantity and quality.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThere are no such targets set centrally. The allocation of grant-aided expenditure for social work for 1991–92 provides for an increase of 14 per cent. on that for 1990–91. It is for individual authorities to decide on the allocation of expenditure to particular services in accordance with their own perception of needs and priorities.