HC Deb 16 February 1999 vol 325 cc647-8W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) by social services authority and (b) in total (i) the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1998–99, (ii) the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1999–2000, (iii) the difference between the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1998–99 and 1999–2000, (iv) that difference expressed as a percentage of the 1998–99 figure, (v) the special transitional grant for 1998–99, (vi) the difference between the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1999–2000 and the standard spending assessment for personal social services for 1998–99 combined with the special transitional grant for 1998–99, (vii) the difference between the standard spending assessment for personal social services in 1999–2000 and the standard spending assessment for personal social services for 1998–99 added to the special transitional grant for 1998–99 and expressed as a percentage of the 1998–99 figure and (viii) the indicative level of specific and special grants for 1999–2000. [71318]

Mr. Galbraith

The Social Work Services Grant Aided Expenditure (GAE) allocations for authorities relating to items (i) and (iv) are set out in the table. There has been no direct equivalent to the Special Transitional Grant in Scotland. Specific Grants for training and mental illness totalling £22.2 million in 1999–2000 are included n the GAE figures shown.

From 1 July this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Social Work GAE
£ million
1998–1999 1999–2000 Change Change Percentage
Aberdeen City 43.0 44.9 1.9 4.4
Aberdeenshire 36.8 37.8 1.1 2.9
Angus 22.9 23.7 0.8 3.5
Argyll & Bute 19.9 20.7 0.8 3.8
Clackmannanshire 9.0 10 1.0 11.3
Dumfries & Galloway27.2 29.7 2.5 9.2
Dundee City 35.4 37.5 2.1 5.9
East Ayrshire 24.9 26.6 1.7 6.9
East Dunbartonshire 15.4 16.2 0.8 5.2
East Lothian 16.8 18.3 1.5 8.8
East Renfrewshire 13.7 14.4 0.7 4.8
Edinburgh, City of 99.4 100.5 1.1 1.1
Eilean Siar 7.7 7.5 -0.2 -2.3
Falkirk 28.7 29.8 1.2 4.1
Fife 67.1 72.1 5.0 7.4
Glasgow City 174.2 179.1 4.8 2.8
Highland 37.9 40.2 2.3 6.1
Inverclyde 19.6 20.5 0.9 4.3
Midlothian 13.3 14.3 1.0 7.6
Moray 14.5 15.3 0.7 5.1
North Ayrshire 28.9 31.3 2.4 8.5

Social Work GAE
£ million
1998–1999 1999–2000 Change Change Percentage
North Lanarkshire 63.0 67.9 4.9 7.8
Orkney Islands 3.5 3.7 0.2 4.6
Perth & Kinross 25.0 26.6 1.6 6.4
Renfrewshire 35.4 27.0 1.6 4.4
Scottish Borders 21.0 22.2 1.2 5.5
Shetland Islands 4.3 4.3 0.0 0.3
South Ayrshire 23.0 24.1 1.1 4.9
South Lanarkshire 55.9 58.6 2.7 4.9
Stirling 16.1 16.9 0.8 4.9
West Dunbartonshire 20.6 22.0 1.4 6.7
West Lothian 26.2 27.5 1.4 5.2
Scotland Total 1,050.2 1,101.0 150.8 14.8
1 In addition £0.5 million (0.3 per cent.) is being transferred from local to central training

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