asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total estimated expenditure on social services by each metropolitan district council and non-metropolitan county council in England and Wales in 1975–76; what was the proportion of the amount raised from (a) local rates and (b) Government; and what percentage increase or decrease each amount repre- sents on the comparable figures for 1974–75.

I do not have information about the estimates of expenditure in 1975–76 on the personal social services by individual authorities.