HC Deb 23 July 1975 vol 896 cc242-3W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many elderly and disabled people have been helped with telephone installations and rentals in the borough of Congleton and Macclesfield, respectively, in the county of Cheshire in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Alfred Morris

Information collected centrally relates only to provision by social services authorities. Provisional returns show that in Cheshire county, 428 households were assisted with telephone installation charges and 1,278 with rental charges in the year ending 31st March 1975.