asked the Minister for Social Welfare the amount of supplementary welfare paid out each year in each administrative area for the past ten years; and the percentage contributed by his Department for each administrative unit over the past ten years.
Written Answers. - Supplementary Welfare Payments.
588.
Particulars of expenditure by each health board on supplementary welfare allowances in each year since the commencement of the scheme in July 1977 are shown in the following table:
Expenditure by Health Boards on Supplementary Welfare Allowances.
|
Health Board |
1977 (July to December) |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 (estimated) |
1984 (estimated) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Eastern |
598,877 |
1,539,308 |
3,502,296 |
4,371,002 |
7,780,000 |
12,761,132 |
14,735,178 |
17,557,000 |
|
Midland |
159,003 |
331,237 |
869,115 |
615,623 |
1,105,020 |
1,371,116 |
1,353,286 |
1,706,090 |
|
Mid Western |
288,659 |
514,796 |
1,038,852 |
784,262 |
1,570,742 |
1,765,044 |
1,714,216 |
2,249,650 |
|
North Eastern |
160,858 |
398,629 |
702,712 |
880,975 |
1,488,848 |
2,292,178 |
2,422,881 |
2,524,300 |
|
North Western |
130,300 |
271,368 |
534,400 |
824,000 |
1,641,040 |
2,306,230 |
2,176,285 |
2,683,000 |
|
South Eastern |
339,029 |
715,730 |
1,192,462 |
1,558,447 |
2,504,982 |
3,969,787 |
3,535,773 |
4,298,700 |
|
Southern |
496,924 |
1,036,046 |
1,541,226 |
1,699,830 |
3,017,625 |
4,241,109 |
4,308,049 |
5,435,160 |
|
Western |
407,329 |
824,652 |
1,279,506 |
1,570,926 |
2,210,952 |
2,432,838 |
2,862,546 |
3,236,100 |
|
Total |
2,580,979 |
5,631,766 |
10,660,569 |
12,305,065 |
21,319,209 |
31,139,434 |
33,108,214 |
39,690,000 |
The arrangements for financing the supplementary welfare allowance scheme which are provided for in the legislation involve a sharing of the costs between the Exchequer and local authorities. Under these arrangements the amount to be borne by each local authority concerned is determined by reference to that authority's expenditure on home assistance in 1975 as a proportion of total expenditure by all local authorities on home assistance in that year, with the balance of the cost being met by the Exchequer.
The proportions of expenditure in each health board area which falls to be met from the Vote for Social Welfare under these arrangements are as shown in the following table:
|
Health Board |
1977 (July to December) |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 (provisional) |
1984 (provisional) |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
|
Eastern |
6.9 |
24.2 |
49.7 |
55.2 |
62.9 |
77.5 |
70.6 |
75.2 |
|
Midland |
19.3 |
18.9 |
53.3 |
26.8 |
39.8 |
51.8 |
37.8 |
41.4 |
|
Mid Western |
52.8 |
44.6 |
58.6 |
39.0 |
55.1 |
60.3 |
45.2 |
52.9 |
|
North Eastern |
40.8 |
50.0 |
57.2 |
62.1 |
66.9 |
78.6 |
62.9 |
70.9 |
|
North Western |
37.9 |
37.7 |
52.2 |
65.6 |
74.5 |
81.9 |
82.7 |
76.4 |
|
South Eastern |
32.9 |
33.6 |
39.8 |
48.8 |
53.0 |
70.5 |
49.8 |
58.6 |
|
Southern |
30.7 |
30.5 |
29.4 |
28.9 |
40.9 |
58.3 |
46.5 |
50.5 |
|
Western |
22.9 |
20.3 |
22.5 |
29.9 |
26.5 |
33.7 |
18.2 |
24.1 |
|
All |
27.0 |
30.0 |
44.2 |
46.3 |
54.3 |
68.9 |
58.3 |
62.9 |