§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will explain the discrepancy in the number per thousand of physically handicapped persons in the records of local authorities; if he will take steps to improve the registration techniques of authorities whose records are defective; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 24th February by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Social Services. I shall consider these matters with local authorities in Wales when they have had the opportunity to study the report of the national survey of the physically handicapped which is due to published soon.—[Vol. 812, c.189.]
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he is aware of the discrepancy in the expenditure per head of registered disabled persons in each local authority; if he will take action to improve the performance of the backward authorities; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Peter ThomasI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 23rd February by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services. Local authorities will shortly be able to study the report of the national survey of the physically handicapped, and I will then consider these matters with them.—[Vol. 802, c. 75–76.]
REGISTRATION OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS (GENERAL CLASSES*) UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948: RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION IN RANKED ORDER FOR 1970 Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended 31.12.66 31.12.67 31.12.68 31.12.69 31.12.70 County Councils Merioneth … … 7.8 8.5 10.3 9.7 9.7 Glamorgan … … 7.3 7.7 8.2 8.2 8.5 Caernarvonshire … … 5.7 6.7 7.6 8.2 8.4 Anglesey … … 3.7 4.9 5.9 7.3 8.2 Breconshire … … 3.1 3.7 4.7 5.7 7.0 Cardiganshire … … 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.8 6.1 Radnorshire … … 4.2 4.4 4.9 5.5 5.9 Carmarthenshire … … 2.1 2.9 6.2 4.8 5.9 Denbighshire … … 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.5 Monmouthshire … … 4.1 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.4 Pembrokeshire … … 2.4 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.3 Flintshire … … 1.9 2.0 2.6 2.9 3.3 Montgomeryshire … … 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.8 County Boroughs Newport … … 4.9 5.2 5.4 6.1 7.0 Cardiff … … 6.6 5.9 5.1 4.7 4.5 Merthyr Tydfil … … 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.5 Swansea … … 2.6 3.0 3.1 4.0 4.1 * Excluding persons primarily with auditory and visual defects.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the annual average expenditure per person registered as physically handicapped in each local authority for the periods 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasInformation about net expenditure on local authority health
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Local Welfare Authority 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ £ £ COUNTY COUNCILS Anglesey … 33.31 26.62 25.23 25.81 21.87 Breconshire … 3.33 3.51 3.43 13.38 11.00 Caernarvonshire … 13.7 19.33 12.46 10.97 11.17 Cardiganshire … 21.58 18.51 22.43 21.66 25.82 Carmarthenshire … 11.22 11.34 12.39 12.7 15.25 Denbighshire … 11.51 10.49 14.62 10.66 14.64 Flintshire … 32.84 38.61 41.44 16.69 16.41 Glamorgan … 15.2 12.35 18.46 17.49 19.68 Merionethshire … 26.74 28.00 30.32 24.4 26.63 Monmouthshire … 20.6 29.75 29.15 37.97 45.7 Montgomeryshire … 30.29 26.68 27.8 26.62 21.17 Pembrokeshire … 23.15 19.89 26.63 32.33 35.37 Radnorshire … 33.33 39.3 47.04 45.63 49.72 COUNTY BOROUGHS Cardiff … 10.21 12.04 13.53 17.54 20.52 Merthyr Tydfil … 8.53 12.75 12.95 15.19 18.59 Newport … 13.45 17.87 20.1 20.6 21.55 Swansea … 10.1 8.16 8.52 11.3 10.19
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the amount spent by each of the appropriate local authorities in rank order per hundred registered disabled people in 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, and 1969–70.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe following table gives the required information.
and housing services for those registered is not available.
The following table shows the estimated average net expenditure per person registered as physically handicapped (general classes, excluding the blind, partially sighted, deaf, and hard of hearing) on services provided under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, for the years 1965–66–1969–70.
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§ Mr. Carter—Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the amount spent by each of the appropriate local authorities in rank order per hundred registered disabled people in 1964–65, 1966–68, 1968–69, and 1969–70.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThe following table shows the net expenditure per 100
Local Welfare Authority 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ £ £ £ COUNTY COUNCILS Radnorshire … … 1,458 3,333 3,930 4,704 4,563 4,972 Monmouthshire … … 2,017 2,060 2,975 2,915 3,797 4,570 Pembrokeshire … … 2,209 2,315 1.989 2,663 3,233 3,537 Merionethshire … … 2,487 2,674 2,800 3,032 2,440 2,663 Cardiganshire … … 2,156 2,158 1,851 2,243 2,166 2,582 Anglesey … … 3,341 3,331 2,662 2,523 2,581 2,187 Montgomeryshire … … 284 3,029 2,668 2,780 2,662 2,117 Glamorgan … … 1,280 1,520 1,235 1,846 1,749 1,968 Flintshire … … 3,390 3,284 3.861 4,144 1,669 1,641 Carmarthenshire … … 2,765 1,122 1,134 1,239 1,270 1,525 Denbighshire … … 1,161 1,151 1,049 1,462 1,066 1,464 Caernarvonshire … … 1,197 1,370 1,933 1,246 1,097 1,117 Breconshire … … 2,131 333 351 343 1,338 1,100 COUNTY BOROUGHS Newport … … 1,339 1,345 1,787 2,010 2,060 2.155 Cardiff … … 779 1,021 1,204 1,353 1,754 2,052 Merthyr Tydfil … … 885 853 1,275 1,295 1,519 1,859 Swansea … … 980 1,010 816 852 1,130 1,019