§ Mr. Nicholas Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what aids or grants are available to those in employment registered as disabled with hard of hearing or deafness recorded as their main disability towards the purchase of hearing aids; and what would be the cost of providing specialised hearing aids for all such persons.
1978 (provisional) 1974 1975 1976 1977 (all) (respiratory only) ENGLAND AND WALES 22 22 21 19 20 14 Northern 20 20 17 15 17 14 Yorkshire and Humberside 25 22 20 20 18 14 East Midlands 18 21 19 18 19 12 East Anglia 8 10 8 7 8 5 South-East 24 25 24 22 23 16 South-West 12 14 12 10 10 8 West Midlands 28 26 24 23 24 17 North-West 23 22 22 22 27 17 WALES 20 20 16 16 16 13