§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his oral answer of 12 June to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans),Official Report, column 490, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in numbers of people needing medical treatment in Wales since 1979. [29157]
§ Mr. RichardsA large number of factors will have contributed to the increase, including a greater use of screening procedures, medical, technical and
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(a) Residential care and nursing placements in registered independent homes for the elderly 1993–941 £ thousand Total expenditure Total income Of which: Government grants2 Sales Fees and charges Other income Joint arrangements Clwyd 3,156 27 0 0 27 0 0 Dyfed 2,785 1,248 0 0 1,248 0 0 Gwent 2,882 1,203 0 0 1,203 0 0 Gwynedd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mid Glamorgan 2,596 1,317 0 0 1,317 0 0 Powys 707 121 0 0 121 0 0 South Glamorgan 1,599 94 0 0 94 0 0 West Glamorgan 1,958 5 0 0 5 0 0 Total Wales 15,683 4,015 0 0 4,015 0 0 1 Provisional. Includes placements in independent sector homes which are not required to register under the Registered Homes Act 1984 because they are managed or provided by an exempt body. 2 Includes specific and supplementary government grants inside and outside Aggregate External Finance. pharmaceutical advances, an overall increase in morbidity due mainly to the growing number of elderly people, and rising public and patient expectations of what NHS treatment can achieve.