HC Deb 23 May 1978 vol 950 cc540-3W
Mr. Dunnett

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish in the Official Report tables showing for each social services authority the availability in the most recent year for which fiugres are available of meals on wheels per thousand of the elderly population and the extent to which recipients can obtain them on more than one day per week.

Mr. Deakins

The following table gives (a) the number of meals served to people at home per 1,000 of the population aged 65 years and over during the year ended 31st March 1977 and (b) the proportion of people aged 65 years and over served meals at home who received more than one meal during the week 8th-14th November 1976. The extent to which people receive more than one meal per week is determined in part by social services departments and partly by the individual's personal choice.

Local Authority Year ending 31st March 1977 Meals per 1,000 population 65 and over Services during one week 8th November to 14th November 1976 Percentage served with 2 or more meals
Wakefield 2,766 78
North Western 3,616 91
Cheshire 2,420 95
Lancashire 2,206 94
Greater Manchester 4,634 93
Bolton 2,661 75
Bury 2,665 95
Manchester 11,882 100
Oldham 2,087 95
Rochdale 1,717 92
Salford 3,237 85
Stockport 3,772 96
Tameside 2,501 79
Trafford 2,317 95
Wigan 3,890 97
Merseyside 3,999 82
Knowsley 2,364 94
Liverpool 6,369 99
Sefton 2,442 43
St. Helens 2,890 81
Wirral 2,709 99
West Midlands 3,369 94
Hereford and Worcester 2,865 98
Salop 3,654 90
Staffordshire 3,808 97
Warwickshire 2,279 88
West Midlands 3,475 95
Birmingham 3,152 98
Coventry 4,967 99
Dudley 2,403 95
Sandwell 3,061 98
Solihull 2,050 100
Walsall 2,861 66
Wolverhampton 6,167 99
East Midlands 3,967 96
Derbyshire 3,405 93
Leicestershire 4,850 99
Lincolnshire 3,248 97
Northamptonshire 3,360 98
Nottinghamshire 4,514 94
London North 3,469 97
Bedfordshire 5,015 100
Berkshire 4,570 95
Buckinghamshire 2,768 97
Cambridgeshire 4,087 97
Essex 3,261 97
Hertfordshire 3,625 98
Norfolk 2,620 93
Oxfordshire 3,465 98
Suffolk 2,912 97
London 6,380 99
Inner London 9,252 99
Camden 7,834 99
Greenwich 10,437 99
Hackney 9,777 99
Hammersmith 10,197 99
Islington 9,720 99
Kensington 4,344 98
Lambeth 11,630 100
Lewisham 9,151 98
Southwark 9,193 99
Tower Hamlets 13,656 99
Wandsworth 10,579 99
Westminster 3,880 99
City of London 8,421 96
Outer London 4,742 99
Barking 5,062 100

Local Authority Year ending 31st March 1977 Meals per 1,000 population 65 and over Services during one week 8th November to 14th November 1976 Percentage served with 2 or more meals
Barnet 3,070 99
Bexley 5,211 99
Brent 5,145 100
Bromley 3,365 96
Croydon 2,226 93
Ealing 7,952 99
Enfield 4,420 100
Haringey 11,084 100
Harrow 2,783 99
Havering 2,925 98
Hillingdon 5,113 99
Hounslow 7,110 99
Kingston upon Thames 4,403 99
Merton 5,991 98
Newham 4,636 99
Redbridge 4,728 97
Richmond upon Thames 2,965 99
Sutton 4,364 99
Waltham Forest 3,588 99
Southern 2,627 96
Dorset 2,506 97
Hampshire 2,813 93
Isle of Wight 1,403 100
Kent 1,972 93
Surrey 3,384 98
East Sussex 2,539 97
West Sussex 3,113 99
Wiltshire 2,605 91
South Western 3,289 96
Avon 6,163 98
Cornwall 1,709 93
Devon 2,320 95
Gloucestershire 2,419 97
Islles of Scilly *
Somerset 2,684 96
* Not calculated.
† Included in Cornwall.