HC Deb 12 July 1973 vol 859 cc429-30W
Mr. Alfred

Morris asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total cost for the years 1971–72 and 1972–73, and what is the projected expenditure for 1973–74, including increases in rate support grant, for the purpose of improving local authority services, of central Government expenditure for the benefit of the chronically sick and disabled arising from legislative proposals initiated or enacted in the last Parliament.

Sir K. Joseph

I regret that information about expenditure under particular enactments is not available. However, it was estimated for the purposes of the last rate support grant settlement that total expenditure by local authorities on welfare services for the handicapped would increase by 50 per cent., at constant prices, between 1971–72 and 1973–74.