§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of home helps employed in Tayside and Scotland in each of the past three years; and if he will express these figures as a rate per thousand of the retired population.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe latest information is as follows:
Geriatrics September Mental Illness September Health Board 1979 1982* 1979 1982* Grampian 4.0 4.0 13.9 12.9 Orkney — — — — Lothian 8.9 8.8 31.7 33.6 Tayside 4.0 6.6 17.9 17.9 Forth Valley 1.0 3.0 8.0 8.0 Western Isles 1.0 1.0 — — Dumfries and Galloway 2.0 2.0 7.0 7.0 Shetland — — — — Scotland 52.2 59.1 174.0 182.4 * Provisional figures.