§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the organisations representing or concerned with the needs of(a) elderly people, (b) people with physical, sensory or mental disability and (c) carers which receive financial support from his Department, together with the figure for each such organisation for the financial years 1987–88, 1988–89 and the current financial year.
§ Mr. GristThe information requested is as follows:
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(a) Elderly People Elderly Initiative Grant Scheme 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 (i) Voluntary Organisations Cardiff City Farm — — 4,977 DayBreak Trust — 33,972 41,984 South Glamorgan Care for the Elderly 5,682 34,886 98,916 South Riverside Community Development Centre — 68,245 48,221 (ii) Statutory Organisations Clwyd County Council 1,687 12,430 20,439 Clwyd Health Authority 30,375 104,030 151,996 Gwent County Council 4,050 43,482 13,585 Gwent Health Authority 5,105 98,416 130,827 Gwynedd County Council — 38,250 — Mid Glamorgan County Council 23,972 106,392 108,187 Mid Glamorgan Health Authority — 9,000 14,625 Powys County Council — — 26,454 Powys Health Authority — — 26,351 South Glamorgan County Council 22,950 50,176 28,453 South Glamorgan Health Authority 25,183 88,124 115,529 West Glamorgan County Council 103,545 415,974 259,403 S64 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 British Association for Service to the Elderly — — 12,000 Help the Aged (Wales) — 805 1,347 Age Concern Wales 46,498 44,358 74,900
(b) Physical, sensory, mental disability People with a Physical and/or Sensory Disability S64 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Wales Council for the Disabled 80,775 68,500 198,750 Wales Council for the Deaf 23,213 28,573 47,700 Wales Council for the Blind 12,194 15,078 15,500 Arts for Disabled People in Wales 14,498 15,000 20,000 Physically Handicapped Able Bodied — — 10,000 Slippage (local groups) — 31,620 — Other Wales Disabled Drivers Assessment Centre 5,000 5,000 5,000
Voluntary organisations and others 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 BAAF 24,806 — 16,519 Catholic Children's Society 26,840 3,454 45,940 Mencap in Wales 49,620 41,979 52,050 Pengwern Hall 25,500 26,775 29,000 SCOVO 47,400 63,823 84,748 DRIVE 58,722 — — Pre-School Playgroups Association 21,500 — — Arts for Disabled People in Wales — 4,200 1,672 Clinical Psychology Training 70,800 73,250 41,250 Education Research Project 18,826 2,930 — First Choice Housing Association 12,236 8,000 — Stackpole Project — 122 — Training Support Unit 67,006 64,210 — "Working Together" Training Course 10,000 25,000 — "Patterns for Living" Training Course 8,676 — — South Wales Federated Housing Association 3,000 — — British Institute of Mental Handicap 4,562 — 3,795 Barnado's 738 — — Challenging Behaviour Project, Dyfed — — 1,555 Advocacy Project, Bryn-y-Neuadd Hospital — — 24,000 Cartrefi Cymru — — 14,500 Sub total 450,232 313,743 315,029 All Wales Advisory Panel 1,459 4,835 10,000 Total 10,047,505 13,755,240 18,865,116 Section 64 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 CUSS (slippage) 3,665 — — Note: The figures for 1987–88 and 1988–89 represent actual payments.
The figures for 1989–90 represent allocations to the bodies concerned.
People with a Mental Illness 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 S64 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 Wales MIND 59,550 57,863 157,166 1 Provisional.
(c) Carers 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 S64 Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 Crossroads (Wales) 12,611 16,826 17,000 St. David's Foundation (slippage) — 237 — Some of the foregoing organisations, eg Wales MIND, are concerned with the interests both of sufferers and carers in the relevant field.
In addition, support for all these client groups is given by way of other programmes, notably urban programme
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People with a Mental Handicap All Wales Mental Health Strategy County Joint Planning Teams 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Clwyd 1,131,620 1,669,883 2,536,091 Dyfed 724,055 1,030,790 1,537,940 Gwent 1,400,599 1,875,467 2,852,000 Gwynedd 1,561,391 2,025,635 2,557,085 Mid Glamorgan 1,906,820 2,604,240 3,200,000 Powys 480,037 652,227 916,971 South Glamorgan 1,153,803 1,660,498 2,360,000 West Glamorgan 1,237,489 1,917,922 2,580,000 Sub total 9,595,814 13,436,662 18,540,087 and joint finance. A detailed breakdown is not readily available but in global terms, per client group, the figures are as follows:
Urban Programme 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Elderly people 249,000 285,000 571,000 People with a physical/sensory disability 133,000 152,000 241,000 People with a mental handicap 108,000 — — People with a mental illness 81,000 58,000 58,000 Carers 52,000 67,000 106,000 Notes:
1. Figures represent provision made.
2. Mental handicap strategy moneys 'taken out' of UP after 1987–88.
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Joint finance and mental health development moneys 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Elderly People 122,000 312,003 195,000 People with a Physical/ Sensory Disability 13,000 — 22,000
1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 People with a Mental Illness 1,389,000 1,364,356 1,424,000 Elderly Mentally Ill 582,000 1,313,339 707,000 People with a Mental Handicap 342,000 314,358 — Other client groups1 4,000 43,000 — Mixed client groups2 — 44,109 — Unspecified — — — 1 Alcohol related problems, Autism, AIDS, acute, renal problems (mainly elderly). 2 Physical and mental handicaps, mental illness and elderly mentally ill.
Retail Prices Index Error Moneys 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Elderly People — 33,200 24,300 People with a Physical/Sensory Disability — 41,038 128,346 People with a Mental Handicap — 4,000 6,845 People with a Mental Illness — 1,600 3,770 Carers — — 10,170 Notes:
1. RPI payments only applicable for 1988/89 and 1989/90.
2. Includes £7,600 grant to the Wales Carers' Alliance.
Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme in Wales
Grants (up to a maximum of £15,000) are given to all the above client groups but in the time available cannot be disaggregated.
§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 12 February,Official Report, column 10, if he will list the draft circulars issued by his
Total expenditure1 Preseli-Pembrokeshire South Pembrokeshire Dyfed At constant prices2 At constant prices2 At constant prices 2 Cash Value Percentage increase on previous year Cash Value Percentage increase on previous year Cash Value Percentage increase on previous year £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 1979–80 3,043 5,730 n/a 2,022 3,807 n/a 80,844 152,226 n/a 1980–81 3,868 6,154 7.4 2,487 3,957 3.9 96,606 153,706 1.0 1981–82 3,667 5,314 - 13.7 2,495 3,616 -8.6 106,940 154,972 0.8 1982–83 3,595 4,859 -8.6 2,381 3,218 -11.0 113,391 153,256 -1.1 1983–84 4,003 5,169 6.4 2,592 3,347 4.0 120,506 155,610 1.5 1984–85 4,184 5,147 -0.4 2,431 2,991 -10.7 126,488 155,605 0.0 1985–86 4,409 5,147 0.0 2,776 3,241 8.4 130,335 152,165 -2.2 1986–87 4,628 5,227 1.5 3,115 3,518 8.6 147,245 166,300 9.3 1987–88 4,829 5,179 -0.9 3,292 3,531 0.4 159,590 171,166 2.9 31988–89 5,060 5,060 -2.3 3,538 3,538 0.2 174,299 174,299 1.8 31989–90 5,928 5,540 9.5 3,943 3,685 4.2 192,445 179,855 3.2 1 Total expenditure for Block Grant purposes. 2 Deflated to constant 1988–89 price basis using GDP deflator. 3 Provisional. n/a denotes not applicable.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the figures for the total number of staff employed by each of Dyfed county council, South Pembrokeshire district council and Preseli-Pembrokeshire district council in each year since 1974–75.
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Number of full-time employees 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 l1989 Dyfed 8,388 8,324 8,091 7,992 7,984 8,058 7,846 7,693 7,883 7,856 7,917 Preseli Pembrokeshire 532 521 500 512 n/a 504 507 503 494 492 496 South Pembrokeshire 354 336 330 306 298 287 284 282 278 280 272 Department between 1 January 1987 and 31 January 1990 which have not been followed up with a full circular and which deal with the needs of, and provision for, disabled people in the fields of (a) health, (b) social services, (c) housing, (d) education and (e) transport.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThree draft circulars have yet to be followed up by a full circular. They are:
- (i) Services for People with Physical and/or Sensory Disabilities (issued 29 December 1989).
- (ii) House Adaptations for Disabled People (issued 28 December 1989).
- (iii) House Renovation Grants (issued 28 December 1989).
It is intended to issue the final version of (i) next month.