§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for each authority administering the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act the total expenditure, and expenditure per head of known or registered qualified persons under the Act, for the end of the first year of the Act, and for the latest available date.
§ Sir K. JosephI regret that such information about expenditure under particular enactments is not available. I expect, however, that in 1973–74 the total of local authorities, expenditure on welfare services for the handicapped will be 50 per cent.—in constant prices—above the corresponding total for 1971–72, which was the first full year of working of the Act.