§ Mr. Emeryasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the number of his officials occupied at any time in work on the payment of social benefits of any kind; and what this number represents as a percentage of the total of his officials;
(2) what is the total expenditure on social benefits of any kind in absolute terms of money expended by his Department; and what this represents as a percentage of total expenditure of his Department.
§ Mr. RossExpenditure Of £13.2 million in 1967–68 on grants to students represents about 42 per cent. of the Scottish Education Department Vote. The number of staff engaged in work on the payment of students' allowances is 104, representing about 16 per cent. of the staff in the Scottish Education Department.
For the Scottish Home and Health Department, mental patients' allowances and assistance to disabled persons amount to £370,000 which is about 0.2 per cent. of the National Health Service (Scotland) Vote. The number of departmental staff employed on work on such payments cannot be readily ascertained but is very small.