§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure on psychiatric patients and psychiatric hospitals in Scotland over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. William RossThe following table shows capital and revenue expenditure on maintaining patients in psychiatric hospitals and in centres provided by social work authorities over the 10 years 1964–65 to 1973–74. Expenditure on treating such patients other than in hospitals or centres cannot be separately identified.
£m 1964–65 … … … … 16.6 1965–66 … … … … 18.8 1966–67 … … … … 20.8 1967–68 … … … … 22.5 1968–69 … … … … 24.4 1969–70 … … … … 26.5 1970–71 … … … … 31.2 1971–72 … … … … 38.0 1972–73 … … … … 44.2 1973–74 … … … … 51.0