Question reference: S1W-00257
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 25 June 1999
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Current status: Answered by Iain Gray on 9 July 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of the allocation that each local authority will receive of the additional #5 million over each of the next 3 years earmarked for increasing the provision of respite care in Scotland.
Answer
The Grant Aided Expenditure shares for 1999-2000 of the £5.1 million provided to assist the development of respite care and other services to help carers are set out below. GAE allowances are not expenditure guidelines and it is for individual authorities to determine the level of expenditure on particular services and client groups.GAE Share of Carers/Respite Care Allowances 1999-2000
Council | 1999-2000 GAE Allocation* | % Share |
| £000 | ||
| Aberdeen City | 211 | 4.1% |
| Aberdeenshire | 192 | 3.8% |
| Angus | 120 | 2.3% |
| Argyll & Bute | 106 | 2.1% |
| Clackmannanshire | 49 | 1.0% |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 153 | 3.0% |
| Dundee City | 168 | 3.3% |
| East Ayrshire | 125 | 2.4% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 85 | 1.7% |
| East Lothian | 90 | 1.8% |
| East Renfrewshire | 74 | 1.5% |
| Edinburgh, City of | 453 | 8.9% |
| Eilean Siar | 36 | 0.7% |
| Falkirk | 136 | 2.7% |
| Fife | 355 | 7.0% |
| Glasgow City | 690 | 13.5% |
| Highland | 198 | 3.9% |
| Inverclyde | 93 | 1.8% |
| Midlothian | 68 | 1.3% |
| Moray | 80 | 1.6% |
| North Ayrshire | 143 | 2.8% |
| North Lanarkshire | 309 | 6.1% |
| Orkney Islands | 19 | 0.4% |
| Perth & Kinross | 139 | 2.7% |
| Renfrewshire | 164 | 3.2% |
| Scottish Borders | 120 | 2.4% |
| Shetland Islands | 21 | 0.4% |
| South Ayrshire | 124 | 2.4% |
| South Lanarkshire | 278 | 5.5% |
| Stirling | 82 | 1.6% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 94 | 1.8% |
| West Lothian | 123 | 2.4% |
| Scotland | 5100 | 100.0% |