§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, in respect of each local authority in Wales, the number of names on its register of disabled persons on 31st December 1970 and 31st March 1973, the number of telephones installed or for which rental has been paid, the number of television sets provided or licences paid, the number of adaptations to property and the number of aids issued since 29th August 1970.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe number of names on local authority registers of disabled persons in Wales is as follows:
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Number of households in which local authorities have assisted with Number of households in which local authorities have assisted with the cost of adaptations Number of households in which local authorities have assisted with provision of other personal aids Local Authority Installation of telephones Rentals Television supply and installation Annual licence Anglesey CC 8 10 1 8 10 151 Breconshire CC 9 10 2 3 19 147 Caernarvonshire CC 78 84 — — 82 857 Cardiganshire CC 39 48 17 10 4 115 Carmarthenshire CC 78 17 30 10 53 670 Denbighshire CC 46 40 9 7 37 689 Flintshire CC 25 88 1 52 126 1 Glamorgan CC 395 124 507 63 722 1,345 Merioneth CC 4 11 — — 6 209 Monmouthshire CC 102 13 — — 199 946 Montgomeryshire CC 11 4 — — 11 76 Pembrokeshire CC 76 26 26 25 16 421 Radnorshire CC — — — — 15 71 Cardiff CBC 59 80 — 8 96 500 Merthyr Tydfil CBC 10 9 — — 41 190 Newport CBC 7 7 — — 23 153 Swansea CBC 84 97 — — 141 168 1,031 668 593 186 1,601 6,709
At 31st December 1970 At 31st March 1973 Anglesey CC 494 727 Breconshire CC 384 569 Caernarvonshire CC 1,022 1,817 Carmarthenshire CC 975 2,022 Cardiganshire CC 327 742 Denbighshire CC 1,007 1,520 Flintshire CC 578 1,004 Glamorgan CC 6,396 7,214 Merioneth CC 363 439 Monmouthshire CC 1,889 2,697 Montgomeryshire CC 120 265 Pembrokeshire CC 333 623 Radnorshire CC 109 184 Cardiff CBC 1,279 1,291 Merthyr Tydfil CBC 255 420 Newport CBC 786 950 Swansea CBC 668 884 Wales Total 16,985 23,368 Information cannot readily be obtained about the number of households in which local authorities provided assistance under Section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act prior to 1st April 1972. For the year ended 31st March 1973 the information is as follows: