HC Deb 01 December 1994 vol 250 cc833-4W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total subsidies to the less-favoured areas for each year since 1985, inclusive; and if he will indicate what the change was between successive years.

Sir Hector Monro

Agricultural livestock subsidies paid exclusively to the less-favoured areas are the hill livestock compensatory allowances and the sheep annual premium supplement. Expenditure for both is set out in the following table:

approvals will again be available for information technology for community care—£12.2 million—mental illness£11.4 million—and AIDS and HIV services—£3.1 million. The capital grant for secure accommodation for children will continue in 1995–96. The level of grant will be announced later.

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