§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will place in the Library the figures and calculations on which his estimate that real expenditure on the personal social services between 1978–79 and 1983–84 will rise by 9 per cent. is based, distinguishing between expenditure on wages and salaries and non-wage related expenditure, identifying separately the increases required to meet demographic change and inflation and differentiating between funds raised, respectively, from ratepayers, central Government rate support and block grant, and other central Government support by joint financing and other estimates headings.
§ Mr. NewtonThe figure of 9 per cent. real growth refers to the period 1978–79 to 1982–83 (not 1983–84 as stated in the question). For that period the following is the information requested. The expenditure figures are net current expenditure on personal social services by local authorities in England.
Demographic and similar pressures are estimated to involve an increase of about 2 per cent. a year in the level 13W of expenditure. Rate income, and central Government block grant support, is not allocated to specific services and thus no breakdown of personal social services expenditure in this form can be given.
However the above figures do not include joint funding contributions by health authorities to local authorities. These are as follows:
Joint finance: Allocations and expenditure 1978–79 to 1983–84 Total health authorities HA contributions to LAs Allocations Expenditure Current Capital (£m) (£m) (£m) (£m) 1978–79 34.5 31.2 14.9 11.9 1979–80 41.5 39.8 22.2 15.9 1980–81 61.0 60.1 31.8 191 1981–82 75.3 72.8 *40.0 *20.2 1982–83 84.7 †88.7 †50.0 †20.0 1983–84 96.0 — — — * Provisional. † Estimate.