§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what sums his Department currently allocates to councils for each person provided with residential accommodation under Care in the Community. [66636]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 26 January 1999]: The allocations of resources to councils for their community care responsibilities are calculated with reference to a range of indicators, and not by allocating a sum per person. These indicators are agreed in consultation with COSLA.
The resultant distribution forms part of each council's Grant Aided Expenditure assessment which individual authorities allocate to services on the basis of local need. The Grant Aided Expenditure allocations for councils' social work responsibilities announced in the recent local government settlement for 1999–2000 total £1.1 billion, an increase of £50 million on the current year.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in each council area are provided with residential accommodation under Care in the Community. [66637]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 26 January 1999]: The number of adults cared for in local authority residential homes and the number in private or voluntary homes who are wholly or partially funded by local authorities in Scotland at 31 March 1997, are provided for each local authority in the table.
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Local authority Residents in LA establishments Private/voluntary residents wholly or partially LA funded Total Aberdeen 418 437 855 Aberdeenshire 344 335 679 Angus 189 121 310 Argyll & Bute 164 174 338 Clackmannanshire 69 26 95 Dumfries & Galloway 278 228 506 Dundee 399 84 483 East Ayrshire 122 130 252 East Dunbartonshire 42 36 78 East Lothian 145 131 276 East Renfrewshire 43 92 135 Edinburgh 669 623 1,292 Falkirk 189 187 376 Fife 419 269 688 Glasgow 1,160 978 2,138 Highland 346 416 762 Inverclyde 73 178 251 Midlothian 148 81 229 Moray 148 113 261 North Ayrshire 126 167 293 North Lanarkshire 418 305 723 Orkney Islands 68 9 77 Perth & Kinross 177 259 436 Renfrewshire 243 223 466 Scottish Borders 213 257 470 Shetland Islands 64 39 103 South Ayrshire 165 176 341 South Lanarkshire 437 179 616 Stirling 108 162 270 West Dunbartonshire 228 47 275 West Lothian 214 94 308 Western Isles 177 18 195 Scotland 8,003 6,574 14,577 From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what figures his Department uses to determine the economic charge per room which housing associations and other providers under the Care in the Community scheme have to charge to meet the registration standards set for staffing, food and accommodation and their loan charges. [66638]
§ Mr. Galbraith[holding answer 26 January 1999]: We do not calculate charges per room. Supported accommodation is only one of a large range of care options available to councils to meet their community care responsibilities. The distribution of funding—which is undertaken in consultation with COSLA—is not based on the cost of any one option.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.