§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the expenditure per 1,000 population on aids, adaptations, telephones and holidays for the disabled in (a) Walsall, (b) the average
Expenditure per 1,000 population Service and year Walsall West Midlands metropolitan districts All metropolitan districts England and Wales London boroughs £ £ £ £ £ Aids— 1974–75 … … … 31 23 33 40 70 1975–76 … … … 37 32 44 48 80 1976–77 … … … 38 50 63 59 98 Adaptations— 1974–75 … … … 20 57 85 57 91 1975–76 … … … 26 74 107 70 95 1976–77 … … … 26 82 102 68 93 Aids and Adaptations— 1977–78 (estimate) … … 65 126 148 130 226 Telephones— 1974–75 … … … 21 54 56 50 106 1975–76 … … … 29 56 70 69 148 1976–77 … … … 29 63 72 69 147 1977–78 (estimate) … … 29 67 81 81 181 Holidays— 1974–75 … … … 65 19 31 50 233 1975–76 … … … 80 31 45 62 291 1976–77 … … … 71 32 54 75 336 1977–78 (estimate) … … 72 29 53 78 384 Figures for 1974–75,1975–76 and 1977–78 (estimates) are taken from the Personal Social Services Statistics publications by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and, for 1974–75 and 1975–76, the Society of County Treasurers. Copies are in the Library of the House. Figures for 1976–77, which are provisional, and for Walsall in 1974–75 are based upon returns submitted to the Department by local authorities.
Figures are of net expenditure by local authorities including loan charges, but excluding administrative costs which cannot be separately identified for these services.
Figures for the past years are at outturn prices, those for 1977–78 are at November 1976 prices.
Comparable information cannot be provided for the period prior to the 1st April 1974, the date the present metropolitan districts and counties were set up under the Local Government Act 1977.