- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 3 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address the environmental and agricultural implications of low level flying in the Borders.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no functions in relation to low-level flying. Aviation matters, both civil and military, are reserved to the UK Parliament. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of issues, including aviation matters.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1355 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 January 2000 and to question S1W-3497 by Mr Jack McConnell on 25 January 2000, whether it will now make available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre copies of the written opinions of the UK Law Officers in relation to the Noel Ruddle proceedings and, if not, why not.
Answer
Any copies of the written opinions of the UK Law Officers which were inherited by the Scottish Executive on 1 July 1999 or have come into its possession since that date were or are provided by the UK Government on the basis that these may not be disclosed outwith the Executive.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 23 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what the impact of the local government spending settlement is on elderly people.
Answer
For the second year running local authority expenditure and grant are both set to increase in real terms. Much of the expenditure will benefit older people.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what was the projected social work expenditure on care of the elderly and what was the actual expenditure in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Budgeted social work expenditure on care of the elderly is given below. Final outturn figures were given in my response to your question S1W-4398, dated 22 February 2000. Data are only given for years since local government reorganisation in April 1996.
Comparison between budgeted and final outturn expenditure on the elderly is not directly possible due to a number of differences in the classification of expenditure between the two returns to the Scottish Executive.Budgeted Social Work Expenditure1 on Care for the Elderly - 1996-97, 1997-98 & 1998-99| Local Authority | 1996-97 £ millions | 1997-98 £ millions | 1998-99 £ millions |
| Aberdeen City2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 19.7 |
| Aberdeenshire | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| Angus | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| Argyll and Bute | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.1 |
| Clackmannanshire | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 13.1 | 13.6 | 15.9 |
| Dundee City | 17.9 | 15.3 | 16.7 |
| East Ayrshire | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9.1 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 5.3 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
| East Lothian | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| East Renfrewshire | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| Edinburgh | 37.3 | 38.4 | 38.0 |
| Eilean Siar | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| Falkirk | 7.9 | 3.2 | 6.6 |
| Fife | 29.7 | 28.7 | 27.0 |
| Glasgow | 59.4 | 58.1 | 63.7 |
| Highland | 15.1 | 15.1 | 18.5 |
| Inverclyde | 5.7 | 6.1 | 7.7 |
| Midlothian | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| Moray | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| North Ayrshire | 9.9 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| North Lanarkshire | 17.6 | 23.4 | 25.4 |
| Orkney Islands | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Perth and Kinross | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Renfrewshire | 10.0 | 13.9 | 14.7 |
| Scottish Borders | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Shetland Islands | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| South Ayrshire | 7.8 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
| South Lanarkshire | 16.2 | 26.4 | 21.7 |
| Stirling | 1.5 | 4.3 | 6.8 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10.9 | 10.9 | 9.2 |
| West Lothian | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Scotland Total | 374.6 | 396.6 | 428.8 |
Source: As reported by Local Authorities on Provisional Outturn Budget Estimate (POBE) returns.
Notes:1. Figures are net expenditure excluding loan and leasing charges and Capital from Current Revenue (CFCR).2. In 1996-97 and 1997-98, part of Aberdeen City's expenditure on the elderly was entered outwith the elderly section of the POBE return. This accounts for the high increase in the council's budgeted expenditure for 1998-99.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 14 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many elements of the recommendations of the Sutherland Report With Respect to Old Age for a National Care Commission have been accepted; how many have not been accepted and what they are, and what criteria were used for selection or rejection.
Answer
In the debate on older people on 2 December 1999, I indicated that the Scottish Executive accepted the recommendation of the Royal Commission that there should be a National Care Commission "to monitor trends, including demography and spending, ensure transparency and accountability in the system, represent the interests of consumers and set national benchmarks". I proposed that the recommendation would be fulfilled in Scotland through the establishment of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care.We intend that the Commission will be responsible for ensuring that all social care is provided to national standards. It will create a national database of care services and will be able to use this, together with demographic and resource data collected by the Scottish Executive, to advise on trends. It will have the power to investigate complaints about care services and report on them. It will advise on changes needed to the national care standards. It will also provide advice to those offering services on how to meet the standards and improve the service they provide.We are at present consulting on our proposal for the Commission.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding it is proposing to allocate for research into and prevention of cardiomyopathy.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received no research proposals of a sufficiently high standard on cardiomyopathy recently and therefore does not directly fund research into heart muscle disease at present. However, we would be pleased to receive research applications on any of the three types of cardiomyopathy (dilated, restrictive and hypertrophic), especially as cardiovascular problems remain a priority of the Scottish Executive.We are aware of 129 research projects on cardiomyopathy which are currently taking place in the UK, five of which are taking place in Scotland. The results of the projects undertaken throughout the UK will inform the future direction of research and treatment of this disease.Details of all the UK projects are available from the National Research Register (NRR), a copy of which is in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) whether there is "no crisis" in the farming industry as stated in the recent report published by the Cabinet Office, (b) how it determines whether there is a crisis in the industry and (c) what its definition is of an industrial crisis.
Answer
The report referred to was a publication of the UK Government, not the Scottish Executive. The Scottish Executive acknowledges that agriculture is facing major problems, and many sectors and people within it are facing real difficulties.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 2 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much inward investment has been attracted to the Scottish Borders by Locate in Scotland for the years 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 and what it estimates the figure will be for 2000-01.
Answer
In the Scottish Borders Enterprise area between 1996 and 1999, Locate in Scotland was involved in expansion projects by Mainetti and Viasystems.
In the current financial year, the following projects which have been attracted to the Scottish Borders Enterprise area have been announced:COMPANY | JOBS | DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT |
| Mainetti | 100 | June 1999 |
| Manpower | 60 | July 1999 |
| Allflex | 40 | October 1999 |
Locate in Scotland does not produce estimated figures for individual areas.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have left the Scottish Borders since 1998.
Answer
The latest, mid-1998, population estimates published by the Registrar General estimate net migration gain to the Scottish Borders of 360 in the year ending 30 June 1998. The Registrar General intends to publish mid-1999 population estimates, including estimates of migration, for Scotland and its administrative areas in April 2000.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Iain Gray on 1 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the social work budget in each local authority was spent on services for the elderly in each of financial years 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Answer
Due to the way in which expenditure data are structured, it is difficult to identify exactly how much is spent on older people. There is an element of social work expenditure which cannot easily be allocated to individual client groups. In addition to "services for older people", local authorities record expenditure on "services for all community care client groups" and "social services management and support services"; a proportion of this expenditure will be on services for older people.
The tables below detail the net revenue expenditure by each local authority on (a) older people, (b) all community care client groups, and (c) social services management and support services as a percentage of total social work expenditure. Data are only given for the years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99 as comparable information is not available prior to April 1996 due to local government reorganisation.
Data for 1998-99 are from a different source than data for earlier years; the categories in table three are therefore slightly different. The apparent large increase between 1997-98 and 1998-99 is largely due to definitional differences.
Some of the variation between authorities may be due to accounting differences rather than differences in the provision of services.
Table 1 Net Revenue Expenditure on Social Work by Local Authorities 1996-71 (£ millions)
| Older People | All Community Care Client Groups | Social Services Management and Support Services | Total Social Work | % Older People | % All Community Care Client Groups | % Social Services Management and Support Services |
| Aberdeen City | 6.7 | 12.7 | 8.6 | 52.1 | 12.9% | 24.5% | 16.6% |
| Aberdeenshire | 4.5 | 14.7 | 5.1 | 37.8 | 11.8% | 39.1% | 13.6% |
| Angus | 7.8 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 36.1% | 16.4% | 7.0% |
| Argyll & Bute2 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 17.8 | 25.3% | 16.4% | 20.1% |
| Clackmannanshire | 1.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 9.1 | 14.9% | 36.6% | 10.9% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 4.9 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 26.9 | 18.1% | 28.1% | 21.9% |
| Dundee City | 6.2 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 36.8 | 16.9% | 22.4% | 12.1% |
| East Ayrshire | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 22.8 | 19.7% | 22.8% | 20.1% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0.3 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 12.6 | 2.0% | 41.4% | 16.6% |
| East Lothian | 2.6 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 17.6 | 14.6% | 31.0% | 13.7% |
| East Renfrewshire | 1.3 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 10.9 | 11.8% | 37.8% | 13.9% |
| Edinburgh City | 10.7 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 106.6 | 10.1% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| Eilean Siar | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 38.9% | 36.1% | 3.4% |
| Falkirk | 2.1 | 8.9 | 2.8 | 28.6 | 7.3% | 31.0% | 9.9% |
| Fife | 13.1 | 21.3 | 7.6 | 69.7 | 18.9% | 30.6% | 10.9% |
| Glasgow City | 25.4 | 46.7 | 30.8 | 197.2 | 12.9% | 23.7% | 15.6% |
| Highland | 9.0 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 36.0 | 25.1% | 28.7% | 19.4% |
| Inverclyde | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 20.4 | 7.0% | 30.5% | 5.2% |
| Midlothian | 1.9 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 15.8 | 12.1% | 32.3% | 11.9% |
| Moray | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 17.2 | 19.3% | 26.5% | 12.0% |
| North Ayrshire | 2.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 8.8% | 30.4% | 27.9% |
| North Lanarkshire | 14.7 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 56.6 | 26.0% | 17.4% | 24.4% |
| Orkney | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 26.0% | 28.8% | 8.4% |
| Perth & Kinross | 7.1 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 21.2 | 33.5% | 7.5% | 15.2% |
| Renfrewshire | 6.7 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 32.3 | 20.7% | 24.8% | 5.8% |
| Scottish Borders | 6.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 19.6 | 31.9% | 19.9% | 9.4% |
| Shetland | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 24.1% | 27.0% | 13.9% |
| South Ayrshire | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 20.9 | 26.9% | 22.0% | 11.5% |
| South Lanarkshire | 7.5 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 47.7 | 15.7% | 24.8% | 24.7% |
| Stirling | 2.5 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 16.3% | 34.6% | 9.5% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 22.7 | 30.1% | 20.6% | 3.2% |
| West Lothian | 3.8 | 8.4 | 1.5 | 29.5 | 12.9% | 28.4% | 5.2% |
| Scotland | 180.7 | 269.7 | 163.9 | 1,069.0 | 16.9% | 25.2% | 15.3% |
Source: As reported by Local Authorities on Local Financial Returns (LFR3 Social Work)Notes:1. There have been definitional changes in the LFR3 form between 1996-97 and 1997-98 which may make comparisons difficult. In 1996-97 nursing homes were included in "Services for All Community Care Client Groups" and in 1997-98 they were allocated to individual client groups, including "Services for Older People". Additionally, supported accommodation and senior management and purchasing were included in "Services for Older People" in 1996-97 but not for 1997-98. 2. The Argyll & Bute figure for "Social Services Management and Support Services" is estimated.Table 2 Net Revenue Expenditure on Social Work by Local Authorities 1997/81,2 (£ millions) | Older People | All Community Care Client Groups | Social Services Management and Support Services | Total Social Work | % Older People | % All Community Care Client Groups | % Social Services Management and Support Services |
| Aberdeen City | 4.7 | 20.5 | 6.6 | 52.8 | 8.8% | 38.9% | 12.5% |
| Aberdeenshire | 8.5 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 37.7 | 22.6% | 25.4% | 4.7% |
| Angus | 7.3 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 22.0 | 33.2% | 22.2% | 4.9% |
| Argyll & Bute | 5.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 22.8 | 25.5% | 13.4% | 18.8% |
| Clackmannanshire | 1.2 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 12.0% | 38.4% | 5.3% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 8.2 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 30.8 | 26.6% | 22.1% | 8.8% |
| Dundee City | 9.5 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 37.7 | 25.1% | 19.0% | 3.7% |
| East Ayrshire | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 23.1 | 24.0% | 20.9% | 16.9% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 0.5 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 13.8 | 3.5% | 59.8% | 9.6% |
| East Lothian | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 19.2 | 23.0% | 21.5% | 15.9% |
| East Renfrewshire | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 25.8% | 23.9% | 7.1% |
| Edinburgh City | 18.1 | 14.6 | 25.3 | 105.8 | 17.1% | 13.8% | 23.9% |
| Eilean Siar | 3.4 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 9.3 | 36.1% | 35.2% | 4.8% |
| Falkirk | 5.0 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 28.6 | 17.6% | 20.2% | 9.9% |
| Fife | 16.3 | 18.9 | 6.6 | 68.3 | 23.9% | 27.7% | 9.7% |
| Glasgow City | 43.3 | 23.0 | 38.7 | 185.8 | 23.3% | 12.4% | 20.8% |
| Highland | 12.9 | 4.3 | 9.1 | 38.3 | 33.8% | 11.2% | 23.7% |
| Inverclyde | 4.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 19.8 | 20.7% | 12.8% | 15.5% |
| Midlothian | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 16.6 | 22.0% | 24.2% | 8.0% |
| Moray | 4.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 17.0 | 28.8% | 14.2% | 12.6% |
| North Ayrshire | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 25.9 | 20.5% | 18.0% | 26.5% |
| North Lanarkshire | 16.4 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 58.4 | 28.1% | 18.2% | 23.8% |
| Orkney | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 5.6 | 28.8% | 26.7% | 10.2% |
| Perth & Kinross | 6.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 22.3 | 30.2% | 13.1% | 15.7% |
| Renfrewshire | 8.8 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 34.2 | 25.9% | 27.7% | 4.9% |
| Scottish Borders | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 20.1 | 29.2% | 20.1% | 14.3% |
| Shetland | 1.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 15.7% | 38.3% | 13.1% |
| South Ayrshire | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 20.4 | 26.4% | 21.1% | 20.6% |
| South Lanarkshire | 12.5 | 13.4 | 6.2 | 53.6 | 23.3% | 25.1% | 11.5% |
| Stirling | 2.8 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 15.4 | 18.1% | 28.1% | 11.0% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 6.2 | 4.4 | -0.1 | 21.0 | 29.6% | 21.2% | -0.4% |
| West Lothian | 6.2 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 30.3 | 20.6% | 20.9% | 4.7% |
| Scotland | 249.6 | 222.7 | 161.2 | 1,086.7 | 23.0% | 20.5% | 14.8% |
Source: As reported by Local Authorities on Local Financial Returns (LFR3 Social Work)
Notes:
1. 1997-98 data are provisional and therefore are subject to change.
2. There have been definitional changes in the LFR3 form between 1996-97 and 1997-98 which may make comparisons difficult. In 1996-97 nursing homes were included in "Services for All Community Care Client Groups" and in 1997-98 they were allocated to individual client groups, including "Services for Older People" Additionally, supported accommodation and senior management and purchasing were included in "Services for Older People" in 1996-97 but not for 1997-98.
Table 3 Net Revenue Expenditure on Social Work by Local Authorities 1998-91 (£ millions)
| Older People | Unallocated Admin and Casework | Total Social Work | % Older People | % Unallocated Admin and Casework |
| Aberdeen City | 19.2 | 7.6 | 53.7 | 35.8% | 14.1% |
| Aberdeenshire | 15.1 | 1.6 | 39.8 | 37.8% | 4.0% |
| Angus | 11.4 | 3.9 | 23.2 | 49.1% | 16.9% |
| Argyll & Bute | 8.8 | 0.4 | 18.6 | 47.3% | 2.0% |
| Clackmannanshire | 4.5 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 43.5% | 15.1% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 13.7 | 3.5 | 32.4 | 42.3% | 10.8% |
| Dundee City | 16.6 | - | 40.3 | 41.2% | 0.0% |
| East Ayrshire | 9.1 | 7.5 | 23.8 | 38.3% | 31.6% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 6.4 | 2.4 | 15.5 | 41.2% | 15.4% |
| East Lothian | 8.5 | 2.0 | 19.3 | 44.0% | 10.6% |
| East Renfrewshire | 5.2 | 0.9 | 13.5 | 38.1% | 6.7% |
| Edinburgh City | 32.7 | - | 108.2 | 30.2% | 0.0% |
| Eilean Siar | 6.2 | - | 10.1 | 62.1% | 0.0% |
| Falkirk | 6.8 | 0.5 | 28.0 | 24.2% | -1.7% |
| Fife | 27.7 | 11.3 | 69.4 | 39.9% | 16.2% |
| Glasgow City | 69.2 | 4.5 | 185.9 | 37.2% | 2.4% |
| Highland | 19.0 | 6.3 | 39.0 | 48.7% | 16.2% |
| Inverclyde | 9.5 | 0.4 | 20.7 | 46.1% | 1.8% |
| Midlothian | 6.1 | - | 17.0 | 35.5% | 0.0% |
| Moray | 6.5 | 1.8 | 18.2 | 36.0% | 10.0% |
| North Ayrshire | 10.7 | 1.8 | 26.3 | 40.7% | 6.6% |
| North Lanarkshire | 27.2 | 0.2 | 61.0 | 44.5% | 0.4% |
| Orkney | 2.7 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 49.4% | 13.1% |
| Perth & Kinross | 12.3 | 1.4 | 23.2 | 52.8% | 5.8% |
| Renfrewshire | 16.2 | - | 36.2 | 44.8% | 0.0% |
| Scottish Borders | 9.4 | 0.7 | 22.3 | 42.3% | 3.0% |
| Shetland | 3.8 | - | 7.8 | 49.2% | 0.0% |
| South Ayrshire | 14.0 | - | 22.9 | 61.2% | 0.0% |
| South Lanarkshire | 27.3 | 0.2 | 54.6 | 50.0% | 0.3% |
| Stirling | 6.0 | 2.3 | 16.8 | 35.5% | 13.8% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 10.3 | - | 23.7 | 43.5% | 0.0% |
| West Lothian | 13.0 | - | 31.6 | 41.1% | 0.0% |
| Scotland | 455.2 | 62.5 | 1,119.0 | 40.7% | 5.6% |
Source: As reported by Local Authorities on Provisional Outturn & Budget Estimate (POBE) Returns.
Notes:1. The 1998-99 figures are provisional outturn figures and come from a different source to the 1996-97 and 1997-98 figures, the apparent large increase between 1997-98 and 1998-99 in expenditure on older people is largely due to definitional differences.
