HC Deb 23 February 1971 vol 812 cc75-9W
32. Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is aware of the discrepancy in the expendi-

REGISTRATION OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS (GENERAL CLASSES)* UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT: RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION RANKED ORDER FOR 1969
Rate per 1,000 population
County Councils 1966 1967 1968 1969
Lincolnshire (Holland) 6.9 7.9 8.2 8.9
Buckinghamshire 4.0 5.1 7.4 7.5
Bedfordshire 4.3 5.1 5.7 6.3
Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 4.0 4.4 4.6 5.7
West Sussex 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.6
East Sussex 4.2 4.6 5.3 5.5
Dorset 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.1
Essex 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.8
Yorkshire (East Riding) 3.1 3.7 4.2 4.7
Cornwall 5.4 4.3 4.6 4.5
East Suffolk 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.5
Berkshire 3.4 3.9 4.8 4.4
Derbyshire 2.5 3.0 3.4 4.4
Rutland 3.3 3.1 3.9 4.4
Cheshire 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.3
West Suffolk 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.3
Wiltshire 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3
Gloucestershire 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.1
Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1
Nottingham 3.1 3.4 4.0 4.1
Yorkshire (West Riding) 2.8 3.3 3.6 4.1
Norfolk 2.5 2.8 3.3 4.0
Devon 3.1 3.6 3.8 3.9
Surrey 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.9
Herefordshire 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.8
Hertfordshire 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.8
Oxfordshire 2.0 2.8 3.5 3.8
Somerset 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.7
Huntingdonshire and Peterborough 2.2 2.7 3.1 3.6
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.5
Worcestershire 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.4
Cumberland 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.3
Durham 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.3

ture per head of registered disabled persons in each local authority; if he will take positive action to improve the performance of the backward authorities; and if he will make a statement.

Sir K. Joseph

There are, of course, wide variations from one area to another, as there are in local needs and local resources. Provision has already been made in the rate support grant negotiations in November last for a faster rate of growth in expenditure on these services over the next two years; and when the forthccoming report of the national survey of the physically handicapped has been studied by local authorities I shall be considering these matters with them.

33. Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number per thousand of registered physically handicaped persons, in ranked order for each local authority, for the periods 1964–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alison

Following is the information:

Rate per 1,000 population
County Councils 1966 1967 1968 1969
Hampshire 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.3
Warwickshire 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.3
Yorkshire (North Riding) 1.8 2.1 2.6 3.2
Lancashire 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0
Staffordshire 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.0
Northamptonshire 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7
Salop 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.7
Northumberland 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Isle of Wight 1.9 2.3 2.4 2.4
Kent 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.4
Westmorland 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Leicestershire 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.8
Isles of Scilly 0.5 0.5 0.5
County Boroughs
Kingston-on-Hull 10.7 11.5 10.9 11.9
Wallasey 6.6 7.3 8.1 8.8
Hastings 7.2 7.9 8.0 8.2
Bath 8.0 8.0 8.1 8.1
Wakefield 6.2 5.8 6.9 7.8
Salford 6.3 6.8 6.9 7.2
Rochdale 3.1 4.5 6.0 7.0
Rotherham 5.1 5.3 5.9 7.0
Bolton 4.7 3.2 6.4 6.9
Burnley 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8
Norwich 4.0 4.9 5.9 6.7
Wigan 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.7
Great Yarmouth 4.4 5.6 6.0 6.6
Preston 7.2 7.0 6.2 6.6
Doncaster 4.5 5.2 5.9 6.4
Leicester 4.4 5.2 5.7 6.4
Sheffield 3.8 4.3 5.5 6.4
Southend-on-Sea 4.1 4.8 5.7 6.4
Burton-upon-Trent 6.0 6.5 6.2 6.3
Dewsbury 4.1 5.2 5.7 6.3
Leeds 4.7 5.0 5.4 6.1
Plymouth 4.1 4.5 5.2 6.0
Barnsley 5.0 5.2 5.6 5.6
Bradford 3.7 4.5 5.1 5.5
Huddersfield 3.6 4.2 5.0 5.4
South Shields 3.9 4.1 4.8 5.4
Exeter 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.3
West Bromwich 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.3
Southampton 3.9 4.3 4.8 5.2
Birkenhead 5.4 5.5 4.4 4.7
Stockport 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.7
Reading 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.6
St. Helens 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.6
Oldham 5.0 4.3 4.6 4.5
Bournemouth 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.3
Dudley 2.7 3.0 3.5 4.2
Manchester 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.2
Northampton 1.8 2.8 3.2 4.1
Nottingham 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.1
‡Teesside 2.7 4.1
Worcester 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1
York 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1
Warley 2.5 3.1 3.6 4.0
Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.9
Derby 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.8
Sunderland 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.7
Bootle 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.6
Darlington 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.6
Eastbourne 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.6
‡Hartlepools 3.0 3.6
Warrington 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.6
Birmingham 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.5
Halifax 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5
‡Torbay 3.7 3.5
Tynemouth 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.5
Blackpool 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4
Brighton 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.4
Rate per 1,000 population
County Boroughs 1966 1967 1968 1969
Bristol 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.4
Gateshead 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.4
Gloucester 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4
Liverpool 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.3
Stoke-on-Trent 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3
Barrow-in-Furness 1.1 1.4 2.2 3.2
Lincoln 2.4 2.7 2.8 3.2
Luton 2.9 3.4 4.0 3.2
Bury 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.1
Walsall 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.1
Portsmouth 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0
Southport 1.3 1.7 2.5 3.0
Ipswich 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8
Solihull 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.7
Wolverhampton 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Blackburn 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.4
Carlisle 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4
Grimsby 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3
Chester 0.8 1.1 1.8 2.2
Oxford 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1
Coventry 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.9
Canterbury 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5
London Boroughs
City of London 23.9 25.2 29.0 27.6
Southwark 6.4 11.0 13.5 15.4
Hackney 5.8 6.7 7.5 8.4
Barking 5.7 6.3 7.4 8.3
Hounslow 4.2 5.5 7.1 8.1
Lambeth 4.6 5.6 6.4 7.7
Merton 3.7 5.0 6.3 7.7
Enfield 4.8 5.7 6.7 7.6
Croydon 4.6 6.2 6.4 7.4
Islington 4.9 5.7 6.5 7.4
Wandsworth 4.1 4.7 5.8 7.4
Kensington and Chelsea 3.4 4.9 6.4 7.3
Lewisham 4.8 5.3 6.5 7.3
Camden 4.0 5.2 6.2 6.8
Waltham Forest 4.5 5.5 6.4 6.7
Sutton 4.5 5.5 6.2 6.5
Westminster 3.5 4.6 5.5 6.3
Greenwich 4.1 4.7 5.3 5.9
Tower Hamlets 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.8
Ealing 3.1 3.8 4.9 5.5
Kingston-on-Thames 3.3 4.3 5.1 5.4
Barnet 2.8 3.7 4.6 5.3
Hammersmith 3.9 4.8 5.3 5.1
Haringey 3.1 3.6 4.3 4.7
Redbridge 3.2 3.7 4.2 4.5
Bromley 2.0 2.9 3.8 4.4
Richmond-on-Thames 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.2
Havering 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.1
Newham 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.0
Brent 2.5 2.9 3.4 3.9
Harrow 2.3 2.9 3.5 3.8
Bexley 2.3 2.9 3.3 3.5
Hillingdon 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.4
* Excluding persons primarily with auditory and visual defects.
Figures for 1970 not yet available.
Reorganisation of Local Authority Areas:
New County Borough appointed day April, 1968 (Teesside Order 1966)
New County Borough appointed day April, 1967 (Hartlepool Order 1966)
New County Borough appointed day April, 1968 (Torbay Order 1966).