HC Deb 05 February 1985 vol 72 cc500-1W
Mr. Kennedy

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much money was spent in the last three years on the community nursing services in Scotland.

Mr. John MacKay

[pursuant to his reply, 28 January 1985, c. 16]: The following table gives the amount of money spent on nursing staff and the overall expenditure on community health services in the last three financial years.

£000
1981–82 1982–83 1983–84
Nursing staff expenditure 35,343 39,360 42,201
Community health services expenditure 84,227 93,941 101,293