Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act (Provision of Telephones)

HC Deb 28 April 1980 vol 983 c406W

Mr. Joseph Dean

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of telephones per head of population, provided by each of the six largest metropolitan district councils, under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

Mr. Prentice

The number of households per thousand population in which each of the six largest metropolitan district councils provided assistance with telephone installations and/or rentals in the year ending 31 March 1979 was as follows:

Birmingham	…	…	…	0.6
Bradford	…	…	…	0.6
Leeds	…	…	…	0.5
Liverpool	…	…	…	5.6
Manchester	…	…	…	8.4
Sheffield	…	…	…	1.6