§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total cost, at the latest available date, of the payment of clothing allowance to the war disabled.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe cost of clothing allowance for severely disabled war pensioners in the United Kingdom was £520,000 in the financial year 1977–78.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the total cost of paying clothing allowance to
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Service Relevant age groups Provision at 31st March 1977 in Cheshire per 1,000 population in relevant age groups DHSS guidelines per 1,000 population in relevant age groups Comparative figures for England at 31st March 1977 per 100 population in relevant age groups Residential accommodation for the elderly 65 and over 16.0 25.0 18.0 Residential accommodation for mentally handicapped adults. 16 and over 0.34 0.78 0.33 Residential accommodation for mentally handicapped young people. Under 16 0.22 0.44 0.19 Residential accommodation for the mentally ill All 0.06 0.19–0.30 0.11 Day care facilities for the elderly 65 and over 0.4 3.4 2.6 Day care facilities for the mentally handicapped. All 0.88 1.5 0.81 Day care facilities for the mentally ill All 0.04 0.60 0.12 Home help staff* 65 and over 6.3 12.0 6.3 Meals service 65 and over 93 meals 200 meals 119 meals per week. per week. per week. * Staff (whole-time equivalents) at 30th September 1976. all individuals registered as physically disabled.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisA clothing allowance, currently of £25 or £40 a year, is paid to war disablement pensioners who have excessive wear on clothing. We have no proposals to extend the allowance to new beneficiaries. The cost in England and Wales of paying a clothing allowance to everyone currently registered as physically disabled-including the sensorily disabled-would be about £25 million a year at £25 a year, or £40 million a year at £40 a year. Figures for Scotland are not available. The cost would increase if registration went up as a result of the introduction of the allowance.