§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many retirement pensioners benefit from the meals on wheels service ; and how many of them receive the service seven days a week.
§ Sir K. JosephThe figures available do not differentiate between retirement pensioners and others in receipt of the meals on wheels service, but it is known314W that the vast majority of recipients are elderly people.
In a sample week in November 1972 a total of 135,564 people in England benefited from the service, and 2,343 of these received the service on seven days.