HC Deb 23 March 1998 vol 309 cc42-3W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the spending on care of the elderly per resident of pensionable age in each social work authority area and in Scotland as a whole in the last year for which figures are available. [35567]

Mr. Galbraith

Local authority spending on the elderly is not separately identified in full by all local authorities, some social work spending being under general headings. The actual social work spend on the elderly includes both the directly recorded spend on the elderly and a major, though unknown, part of the spend not allocated to client groups. Provisional Outturn data for 1996/97 are the most recent outturn data available. The table shows, to the nearest £100, the amount recorded as spent directly on older people, per person aged 65 or over.

Net social work expenditure on older people by Scottish Local Authorities 1996/971
£
Council Expenditure recorded directly against the 'Older People' client group, per person aged 65+2
Aberdeen City 300
Aberdeenshire 300
Angus 600
Argyll and Bute 500
Clackmannanshire 400
Dumfries and Galloway 500
Dundee City 700
East Ayrshire 500
East Dunbartonshire 200
East Lothian 500
East Renfrewshire 300
Edinburgh, City of 500
Eilean Siar 1,000
Falkirk 100
Fife 500
£
Net social work expenditure on older people by Scottish Local Authorities 1996/971
Council Expenditure recorded directly against the 'Older People' client group, per person aged 65+2
Glasgow City 700
Highland 500
Inverclyde 400
Midlothian 600
Moray 300
North Ayrshire 400
North Lanarkshire 400
Orkney Islands 800
Perth and Kinross 400
Renfrewshire 500
Scottish Borders 400
Shetland Islands 1,300
South Ayrshire 400
South Lanarkshire 600
Stirling 400
West Dunbartonshire 800
West Lothian 700
Scotland 500
1 Figures based on Provisional Outturn/Budget Estimate Return, and have been rounded to the nearest £100.
2 Age 65+ figures based on mid-1996 population estimates—General Register Office.