Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give comparative figures and details of the provisions made for the sick and disabled under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Acts of 1970 and 1976 in the county districts of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe information requested is as follows: 325W
1976–77 Rate and £ per 1,000 population Populations (thousands) Households assisted with telephones Expenditure on telephones Households assisted with televisions Expenditure on televisions Households assisted with personal aids Expenditure on personal aids Households assisted with adaptations to property Expenditure on adaptations to property Net households assisted Persons assisted with holidays Expenditure on holidays Total expenditure £ £ £ £ £ £ Bolton … … 261.0 1.7 39.0 0.0 * 4.6 96.0 1.2 66.0 5.5 0.0 1.5 203.0 Bury … … 181.0 2.0 73.0 0.0 * 4.3 25.0 0.5 97.0 6.4 0.2 13.0 208.0 Manchester … 490.0 8.6 285.0 0.7 * 2.4 87.0 2.4 256.0 10.8 1.2 40.0 659.0 Oldham … 227.0 2.6 90.0 0.0 * N/A 49.0 1.2 240.0 N/A 0.0 220.0 600.0 Rochdale … 210.0 2.1 76.0 0.0 * 2.5 49.0 1.0 51.0 5.2 2.1 21.0 198.0 Salford … … 261.0 1.5 74.0 0.0 * 3.0 15.0 0.5 18.0 4.9 1.8 150.0 257.0 Stockport … 293.0 2.3 86.0 0.0 * 4.0 59.0 0.7 43.0 6.5 0.3 8.0 197.0 Tameside … 222.0 2.1 91.0 0.0 * 4.8 26.0 1.1 186.0 7.8 0.2 17.0 319.0 Trafford … 227.0 1.1 79.0 0.0 * 5.2 95.0 2.3 90.0 7.6 0.2 4.5 268.0 Wigan … … 311.0 2.3 94.0 0.1 * 5.9 176.0 1.5 115.0 9.1 1.5 17.0 403.0 N/A = Not available. * I will provide my hon. Friend with figures of expenditure on televisions as soon as they are available.