HC Deb 14 June 1995 vol 261 c591W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure on personal social services for disabled people in each year since 1970. [28204]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information from 1980 to 1993 is available and is listed in the table. Figures are at cash value.

Identifiable Gross Expenditure by local authorities on personal social services for disabled people: 1980–1993
£000
1992–93 51,778
1991–92 43,059
1990–91 36,971
1989–90 33,011
1988–89 15,363
1987–88 14,090
1986–87 13,232
1985–86 13,036
1984–85 12,209
1983–84 10,085
1982–83 4,988
1981–82 4,436
1980–81 4,408
1979–80 3,203