§ Mr. Millanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the figures for expenditure on health and personal social services for the years 1978–79, 1980–81 and 1981–82 as included in table 2.15 of Cmnd. 8175, exclusive of local authority expenditure.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information requested is as follows:
Million £ 1978–79 1,078 1980–81 1,078 1981–82 1,114 To bring the figure for 1978–79 to the same basis as the figures for later years as a measure of volume provision, it should be reduced by .10 million to take account of net balances held by health authorities at the beginning and end of that year.