§ Mr. Fittasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total expenditure in Northern Ireland and in each area health board, respectively, on personal aids, installation of telephones, payment of telephone rental, provision of a television, payment of a television licence, adaptations to the home, holidays, meals at home, and meals at day centres, for the five years ended 31 March 1977 and 31 March 1978; and what sum each figure represents per 1,000 population in each year.
§ Mr. CarterThe available information is as follows:
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Area Health Boards Northern Ireland Northern Southern Eastern Western Total Cost per Cost per Cost per Cost per Cost per Expenditure 1,000 Expenditure 1,000 Expenditure 1,000 Expenditure 1,000 Expenditure 1,000 £ £ £ £ £ Year ended 31 March 1977: Personal aids … 11,476* 31.84 2,959* 1107 19,365* 28.96 1,564* 6.47 35,364* 22.99 Installation of telephones … 2,318† 6.43 1,083† 4.05 4,787† 7.16 3,232† 13.37 11,420† 7.42 Payment of telephone rental … Nil — Nil — Nil — Nil — Nil — Provision of a television … Payment of a television licence … Adaptations in the home Holidays … 3,158§ 8.76 10,854§ 40.62 24,787§ 37.07 3,549§ 14.68 42,348§ 27.53 Holidays … ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — Meals at home … 83,461† 231.58 43,614† 163.23 298,628† 446.58 24,450† 101.12 450,153† 292.67 Meals at day centres … Year ended 31 March 1978: Personal aids … 10,548 29.13 3,481 1300 21,776 32.74 2,159 8.91 37,964 24.69 Installation of telephones … 2,499† 6.90 877† 3.27 4,183† 6.29 5,683t 23.45 13,242† 8.61 Payment of telephone rental … Nil — Nil — Nil — Nil — Nil — Provision of a television … Payment of a television licence … Adaptations in the home … 4,465§ 12.33 2,990§ 11.17 20,716§ 31.15 10,155§ 41.91 38,326§ 24.93 Holidays … ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — ‡ — Meals at home … 96,696† 267.04 37,481† 139.96 355,811† 534.97 30,442† 125.64 520,430† 338.54 Meals at day centres * Refers only to personal aids provided by social services departments of health and social services boards. † Separate figures are not available. * Not available. § Excluding expenditure by Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Figures are not available for expenditure on holidays provided by the area boards and on personal aids provided by the community health service and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Details of expenditure by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in respect of adaptations for homes in the private sector are not available and expenditure on public sector housing is available only for the year ending 31 March 1978 by Housing Executive areas, as follows:
Belfast 1 £11,515 Belfast 2 £7,147 Newtonabbey £5,792 Newtownards £5,535 Lisburn £1,967 Newry £5,797 Craigavon £7,717 Ballymena £4,570 Omagh £7,691 Londonderry £17,059 Coleraine £14,132 TOTAL £88,922 This represents expenditure of £59 per 1,000 of the population of Northern Ireland.