§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the total annual expenditure in the current year on services related to the needs of disabled people; and what was the corresponding expenditure during 1981.
§ Mr. NewtonIt is not practicable to calculate the total amount spent in any one year on measures of benefit to disabled people since many services are provided for them in common with other groups and some items, such as staff costs, cannot be separately identified.