HC Deb 21 March 1985 vol 75 c605W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked 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.