§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate on the basis of table 15.10.3 of "Public Expenditure to 1987–88: A Commentary on the Scotland Programme", and adjusted for inflation, how much extra funds are required by 1988 to meet the health service needs of the additional numbers of over 75-year-olds in the population.
Fiscal Years £ million 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 *1984–85 Grants to grant-aided secondary schools 1.821 3.221 2.759 2.491 2.002 0.956 Grants to grant-aided special schools 2.326 2.944 3.147 3.370 3.390 3.330 Assisted places grants† — — 0.512 1.393 2.283 3.186 * Provisional. † Including aided places at St. Mary's music school, Edinburgh. Provision for assisted (and aided) places grants in 1985–86 is £3.863 million. Estimates for later years are not available.