§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which local authorities do not meet his Department's guideline of 200 local authority-provided meals per week per 1,000 people over the age of 65 years.
§ Mr. RossiThe local authorities with social services responsibilities in England which, in 1980–81, provided fewer than 200 meals per week per 1,000 people aged 65 and over were as follows:
- Cleveland
- Cumbria
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Gateshead
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside†
- Sunderland
- Humberside
- North Yorkshire
- Barnsley
- Doncaster
- Rotherham
- Bradford
- Calderdale
- Kirklees
- Leeds
- Wakefield
- Cheshire
- Lancashire
- Bolton
457 - Bury
- Oldham
- Rochdale
- Salford
- Stockport
- Tameside
- Trafford
- Wigan
- Knowsley
- Liverpool*
- Sefton
- St. Helens
- Wirrall
- Hereford and Worcester
- Salop
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
- Derbyshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex*
- Hertfordshire
- Norfolk
- Oxfordshire*
- Suffolk
- Kensington
- Westminster
- City of London
- Barnet
- Bexley
- Bromley
- Croydon
- Enfield
- Harrow
- Havering
- Kingston upon Thamest†
- Merton
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Sutton
- Waltham Forest
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Surrey
- East Sussex
- West Sussex
- Wiltshire
- Avon
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Gloucestershire*
- Somerset
* Based on 1980 data.
† Based on 1979 data.
The ratio of 200 meals per 1,000 population aged 65 and over was a guideline not a target. It is for each authority to decide its level of provision in the light of local circumstances.