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Scottish Community Care Statistics 2000

Table 7.2: Gross expenditure on social work (£000s)^1,2

	1989/90³	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00⁴
Children	140,987	160,209	173,421	184,522	209,361	231,372	235,874	244,209	249,280	268,378	285,561
All Community Care Client Groups		--	-	-	-	240,509	283,514	338,909	288,126	312,712	309,398
Older People	299,867	314,203	314,551	322,769	359,200	239,575	257,263	244,702	333,548	353,319	401,019
Adults with MentalHealth Problems	2,416	3,050	5,893	10,874	17,802	29,779	37,022	44,371	42,123	49,447	57,192
Substance Misuse	3,808	3,797	3,816	5,032	6,300	12,246	13,174	11,716	10,162	9,052	10,440
Adults with Learning Disabilities	61,675	70,461	74,414	81,966	99,260	107,054	129,812	139,684	150,044	163,698	198,372
Physically Disabled Adults	46,304	52,051	56,442	65,303	59,671	63,383	67,566	67,338	49,049	50,088	49,323
Services for HIV/AIDS	694	849	1,150	1,133	1,345	2,094	2,413	1,373	2,005	2,088	2,411
Total Community Care	414,765	444,410	456,266	487,078	543,578	694,638	790,765	848,094	875,058	940,404	1,028,156
Adult Offenders	9,877	12,491	21,024	27,574	31,074	34,811	34,851	36,548	36,170	39,101	41,224
Non Specific Expenditure	185,067	214,899	210,164	220,698	234,671	221,620	258,560	228,805	223,440	178,218	164,250
Total Social Work	750,697	832,010	860,875	919,872	1,018,684	1,182,442	1,320,049	1,357,655	1,383,948	1,426,101	1,519,191

¹ Loan Charges have been excluded for all years.
² Figures have been adjusted to reflect current prices using GDP deflators.
³ In 1990 Expenditure does not include Support Services Costs.
⁴ 1999/00 figures are provisional and may change.

Source: SEDD Local Government Finance Statistics - LFR3 Return

Table 7.2 presents the same information as table 1 but on a gross expenditure basis. Expenditure over time follows roughly the same pattern as for net expenditure. Gross expenditure on social work was approximately £1.5 billion in 1999/00 and for community care it was £1,028 million.

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