§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has information on the number of debt counselling cases handled by citizens advice bureaux in Scotland in each of the last 10 years; and if he will give the grant-in-aid for each of these years.
§ Mr. ButcherI have been asked to reply.
The information requested is as follows:
Number of debt counselling cases handled by Scottish CABX ('000) Grant-in-aid to the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux ('000) 1978–79 n.a. 106.6 1979–80 n.a. 145.5 1980–81 n.a. 217.9 1981–82 n.a. 315.7 1982–83 n.a. 530.6 1983–84 13.9 629.7 1984–85 21.7 700.4 1985–86 28.1 813.9 1986–87 42.1 889.0 1987–88 54.2 926.0 n.a. = Not available. (Statistics relating to the number of debt counseling cases handled before 1983–84 were not separately collected).