§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report, for the last 10 years for which figures are available, the amounts of money paid by his Department, whether directly or indirectly through some other agency, to organisations and bodies concerned, the amounts they received and the method of payment.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe provision of health education falls to the Scottish health education group nationally and to health boards locally. Their respective expenditure is funded by the Scottish Home and Health Department through financial allocations to the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service and to health boards. since 1975–76 this expenditure has been as follows:
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§ Mr. Allan StewartThe tables show the number and percentage rates of unemployed registrants and claimants in each travel-to-work area in Highland region in January in each of the years 1976–86. The figures are not comparable throughout the period due to(a) changes in the basis of the count in October 1982 and August 1984, (b) the removal from the count from April 1983 of some men aged 60 and over, and (c) the redefinition of the TTWA' s in August 1984.
For comparison purposes figures are also provided on the new and old bases at October 1982 and January 1984.
Financial Year Scottish Health Education Group Health Boards £000 £000 1975–76 428 258 1976–77 716 480 1977–78 780 558 1978–79 1,067 776 1979–80 1,252 900 1980–81 1,540 1,018 1981–82 1,889 1,250 1982–83 2,136 1,413 1983–84 2,386 724 1984–85 2,799 821 In addition, the Scottish Home and Health Department gives grant-aid to a number of voluntary bodies, some of which undertake some health education. The amount of grant-aid paid to the appropriate bodies is as follows:
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Scottish Committee of Action on Smoking and Health Scottish Council on Alcohol Royal Environmental Health Institute for Scotland (a) Headquarters Grant †(b) Training of Volunteer Counsellors Financial Year £ £ £ £ 1975–76 800 15,000 — — 1976–77 1,700 19,000 — — 1977–78 1,500 23,750 — — 1978–79 1,400 25,000 — — 1979–80 2,200 40,000 10,881 — 1980–81 *11,000 46,000 12,340 — 1981–82 15,400 56,000 17,000 — 1982–83 20,500 62,000 17,500 — 1983–84 22,000 68,000 19,940 2,000 1984–85 22,990 69,300 21,000 — Grant-aid amounting to £2,800 has been paid to date to Scottish AIDS monitor, which began during the current financial year.
* Prior to 1980–81 the Scottish Committee also received grant from the Scottish Health Education Group (then Unit).
† Grant paid by the Scottish Education Department under section 9 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.