§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much of the additional £118 million to be devoted to development of health and social work services is being made available in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon Campbell£12 million over the next four years. This is additional to the £11 million which I was able to announce in the House last November.
About £7½ million will be made available to the health service, primarily for improvement of hospital facilities, especially those for the elderly and mentally disordered. I am making provision also to meet expenditure arising out of the reorganisation of the National Health Service.
About £4½ million of the additional provision is intended for further development of social work services. This will enable the local authorities to increase by £3½ million their building programmes of residential homes and day centres for the elderly, the mentally disordered, the physically disabled, children in care and others in need of help. The balance will be available for further development in social work services, including increased staffing and additional assistance towards services provided by voluntary bodies. I have just asked the local authorities to let me know, after consultation with voluntary bodies and other agencies, of their proposals for the development of the social work services over the next six years.