HC Deb 24 January 1978 vol 942 c553W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how

Installation of Telephone
Telephones Attachments Rental
Bolton 32 1 359
Bury 28 2 334
Manchester 316 57 3,751
Oldham 75 7 423
Rochdale 58 5 353
Salford 39 1 357
Stockport 74 10 589
Tameside 54 2 387
Trafford 43 2 199
Wigan 101 1 543
820 88 7,295

figures are provisional Figures are provisional until returns have been received from all local authorities and national summaries are published.

Mr. Arthur Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in the Middlesbrough District Council area were provided with free installation and rental of telephones in the last 12 months for which figures are available, under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

Mr. Alfred Morris

Information is not collected in respect of Middlesbrough District Council. The number of households, not persons, assisted with telephones by Cleveland County Council for the year ended 31st March 1977 was as follows:

Installations 50
Attachments 3
Rentals 422

These until returns have been received from all local authorities and national summaries are published.