§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by district council the amount of money spent on adaptations to the homes of disabled people in each of the last five years; and what contribution was made towards these costs from central Government funds.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 18 May 1992]: Both district council housing departments and regional council social work departments can contribute towards the costs of adapting the homes of disabled persons. Information is not held centrally on the expenditure by district councils.
Regional council social work department expenditure on adaptations to homes of disabled people in each of the last five years, where available was as follows:
Adaptations to property—provided by Scottish social work departments gross local authority expenditure (£000's) Year ended 31 March Region 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Borders n/a 43 53 77 65 Central 171 123 165 219 387 Dumfries/Galloway 106 73 12 n/a n/a Fife 280 419 646 n/a 606 Grampian 270 302 296 394 549 Highland 150 n/a n/a 212 331 Lothian 305 375 317 542 523 Strathclyde 1,271 1,712 1,658 1,877 2,081 Tayside 155 93 188 190 278 Orkney n/a 7 9 n/a 5 Shetland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Western Isles n/a 30 25 20 42 Central Government funding for local authorities is paid in support of services in general. It is for local authorities to decide the appropriate level of expenditure to incur on individual services.