HC Deb 24 February 1971 vol 812 cc183-9W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the annual average expenditure per person registered as physically handicapped in each local authority for the periods 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69 and 1969–70; and if he will make a statement.

ESTIMATED AVERAGE NET EXPENDITURE PER PERSON REGISTERED AS PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (GENERAL CLASSES)* ON SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT 1948 FOR THE YEARS 1965–66 TO 1969–70.
County Councils 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
Local Health Authority £ £ £ £ £
Bedford 18.96 19.68 17.89 20.74 22.31
Berkshire 13.58 14.01 14.64 14.49 15.15
Buckingham 30.76 30.25 29.13 25.26 25.74
Cambridge and Isle of Ely 13.00 13.53 13.37 25.01 25.78
Cheshire 4.21 6.22 7.77 9.67 10.52
Cornwall 3.56 6.87 5.35 11.70 10.54
Cumberland 9.55 10.25 8.38 12.17 13.63
* Excluding the blind, partially sighted, deaf and hard of hearing.

Sir K. Joseph

The following tables show the expenditure under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948.

Information about net expenditure on local authority health and housing services for those registered is not available.

Following is the information:

Local Health Authority 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
County Councils £ £ £ £ £
Derby 30.85 40.35 30.60 32.49 34.08
Devon 11.89 15.41 14.14 13.61 17.93
Dorset 5.85 6.89 8.14 7.34 9.52
Durham 21.55 27.66 31.58 38.60 29.82
Essex 24.95 28.77 32.29 30.80 32.89
Gloucester 8.37 9.94 10.80 11.55 16.92
Hampshire 14.22 14.92 15.22 6.18 31.07
Hereford 29.76 32.18 30.97 33.93 31.13
Hertford 6.89 8.37 11.13 21.86 22.05
Huntingdon and Soke of Peterborough 64.65 53.03 43.88 35.89 37.43
Kent 18.55 20.03 19.75 26.38 27.46
Lancashire 15.78 19.20 20.21 27.20 20.34
Leicester 18.85 21.73 27.87 30.87 36.59
Lincoln Parts of Holland 18.47 13.62 13.69 19.30 17.93
Lincoln Parts of Kesteven 11.81 14.04 16.29 21.31 24.44
Lincoln Parts of Lindsey 16.16 18.83 22.57 22.93 21.22
Norfolk 5.26 5.67 7.29 7.77 11.75
Northampton 11.30 12.47 10.75 12.63 18.11
Northumberland 14.24 16.44 16.49 14.04 20.63
Nottingham 35.46 36.08 36.31 35.57 39.68
Oxford 13.29 8.24 7.02 5.54 5.77
Rutland 10.46 10.43 14.86 14.67 15.15
Salop 15.43 14.18 11.77 32.11 27.27
Scilly, Isle of
Somerset 21.55 24.56 29.37 30.21 31.47
Stafford 17.07 19.83 20.27 12.10 13.02
Suffolk, East 19.80 19.07 19.57 22.57 20.15
Suffolk, West 9.73 6.51 7.93 2.62 19.15
Surrey 18.11 25.90 28.91 33.10 41.99
Sussex, East 9.09 9.88 10.39 12.95 14.25
Sussex, West 19.25 27.32 29.80 25.08 30.67
Warwick 19.58 18.09 18.46 20.07 16.38
Westmorland 44.50 54.66 61.99 74.78 29.07
Wight, Isle of 1.44 2.33 0.29 1.69 0.77
Wiltshire 16.31 19.71 18.17 26.01 27.56
Worcester 7.12 9.08 11.24 13.62 18.18
Yorkshire, East Riding 17.12 16.57 16.56 19.06 19.06
Yorkshire, North Riding 10.35 20.92 6.76 14.88 16.79
Yorkshire, West Riding 7.71 7.33 8.77 8.98 12.08
1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
County Boroughs £ £ £ £ £
Barnsley 23.48 23.77 24.25 31.61 36.59
Barrow-in-Furness 16.12 42.36 36.38 39.72 42.93
Bath 16.37 17.43 16.84 18.66 24.53
Birkenhead 6.57 7.71 6.90 14.60 12.92
Birmingham 17.35 16.90 22.12 22.39 21.98
Blackburn 30.29 47.37 47.37 47.99 56.18
Blackpool 10.47 8.62 9.10 16.49 18.87
Bolton 18.75 18.24 18.69 18.60 9.00
Bootle 29.49 29.87 25.83 29.15 43.14
Bournemouth 15.31 12.46 13.69 18.13 26.53
Bradford 21.31 25.02 24.96 24.57 25.91
Brighton 18.56 18.43 24.46 22.41 25.32
Bristol 61.39 62.12 61.00 60.35 65.07
Burnley 13.47 15.98 17.55 20.76 26.31
Burton upon Trent 14.75 15.43 13.09 13.15 10.49
Bury 20.77 22.53 20.29 15.33 14.79
Canterbury 22.20 27.31 16.78 17.00 12.98
Carlisle 31.95 34.55 18.38 20.15 21.27
Chester 10.46 8.86 5.63 9.52 15.62
Coventry 38.77 44.57 48.99 48.93 6.38
Darlington 36.75 37.82 35.60 29.10 34.69
Derby 29.31 31.35 32.13 25.79 29.89
Dewsbury 6.05 2.97 2.78 10.88 9.00
Doncaster 31.94 34.40 33.00 20.47 19.48
Dudley 31.50 27.95 40.74 37.42 36.52
Eastbourne 25.27 8.51 8.75 14.26 17.06
Exeter 36.11 41.17 40.36 42.22 52.35
Gateshead 39.36 45.48 44.64 42.46 43.32

Local Health Authority 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
County Boroughs £ £ £ £ £
Gloucester 6.36 13.59 14.00 15.69 14.62
Great Yarmouth 6.19 3.76 3.64 4.46 2.85
Grimsby 32.73 37.96 40.49 44.67 52.56
Halifax 14.13 15.34 17.02 17.80 20.42
Hartlepool 14.71 15.25 14.00 20.28 20.48
Hastings 8.51 5.24 4.52 5.63 6.45
Huddersfield 1.75 7.56 7.15 13.86 31.56
Ipswich 6.06 11.65 12.17 10.79 10.33
Kingston-upon-Hull 17.99 17.25 18.35 22.76 21.57
Leeds 21.06 22.22 23.69 15.66 11.82
Leicester 19.12 20.78 26.90 30.29 27.44
Lincoln 27.57 46.39 42.17 56.80 59.27
Liverpool 7.44 11.29 13.28 31.39 30.91
Luton 27.51 47.62 42.78 44.55 46.87
Manche1ster 12.66 19.59 26.27 32.60 35.75
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25.21 23.90 40.25 18.33 19.77
Northampton 17.30 47.73 60.06 62.96 52.46
Norwich 21.41 21.58 33.33 30.81 31.70
Nottingham 19.70 21.58 19.67 13.06 6.13
Oldham 20.30 20.49 28.92 39.42 70.83
Oxford 66.80 79.15 125.34 44.91 24.47
Plymouth 9.67 8.96 12.23 9.88 12.60
Portsmouth 10.19 8.40 9.07 17.24 20.97
Preston 7.92 9.24 9.48 13.42 15.82
Reading 32.78 34.57 41.37 34.56 9.75
Rochdale 20.59 19.56 19.43 33.33 34.94
Rotherham 20.78 30.64 28.07 30.39 28.43
St. Helens 10.40 10.34 10.77 12.02 10.18
Salford 3.63 3.83 3.54 3.50 3.83
Sheffield 38.84 36.65 35.10 31.31 33.75
Solihull 10.99 10.69 10.72 15.00 16.42
Southampton 10.64 12.58 14.38 23.82 21.90
Southend-on-Sea 6.12 7.61 8.66 5.60 11.29
Southport 16.88 27.27 29.52 29.26 31.70
South Shields 27.05 24.06 34.63 28.83 38.90
Stockport 3.63 4.32 4.62 5.73 6.16
Stoke-on-Trent 23.13 24.35 23.52 28.87 29.05
Sunderland 17.63 19.12 18.96 13.28 16.00
Teesside 18.33 22.54 32.63 30.64 33.74
Torbay 30.57 23.56
Tynemouth 26.29 39.85 37.43 48.17 53.50
Wakefield 17.47 17.47 24.54 16.73 17.20
Wallasey 4.80 8.47 8.19 11.04 10.55
Walsall 34.48 43.43 42.27 58.48 64.48
Warley 20.45 19.63 15.94 18.61 18.80
Warrington 26.31 25.26 18.85 21.55 20.23
West Bromwich 40.09 46.87 56.09 44.03 46.02
Wigan 15.35 15.27 22.77 16.07 12.21
Wolverhampton 25.01 32.23 31.49 35.17 36.13
Worcester 52.05 54.48 66.82 34.96 39.51
York 20.30 18.73 23.94 23.83 25.87
1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
London Borough Councils £ £ £ £ £
Barking 30.66 28.28 42.30 50.97 60.89
Barnet 23.28 35.98 37.91 57.99 46.69
Bexley 52.94 45.41 53.03 29.49 56.61
Brent 37.85 42.97 47.58 43.05 43.36
Bromley 26.62 35.95 35.00 35.25 33.57
Camden 50.77 38.92 53.80 42.52 42.39
Croydon 35.42 36.80 33.63 31.75 28.98
Ealing 49.75 55.56 52.24 46.14 41.24
Enfield 22.38 24.69 32.16 33.84 35.13
Greenwich 26.43 27.74 43.88 50.02 43.75
Hackney 32.90 34.12 34.94 31.12 41.33
Hammersmith 20.33 26.77 31.73 32.26 35.07
Haringey 31.42 29.31 32.66 43.80 46.56
Harrow 34.49 46.67 28.58 26.08 26.78
Havering 33.37 45.43 45.67 47.82 51.41
Hillingdon 41.15 45.81 51.72 57.46 56.67
Hounslow 44.86 37.16 30.48 28.62 28.89

Local Health Authority 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
London Borough Councils £ £ £ £ £
Islington 26.55 22.43 21.41 24.38 22.62
Kensington and Chelsea 45.61 45.51 38.03 29.62 39.12
Kingston upon Thames 43.27 37.10 38.96 28.85 30.38
Lambeth 24.02 30.77 30.06 30.07 47.21
Lewisham 36.12 40.20 56.44 50.53 64.20
Merton 55.19 39.79 40.83 28.82 33.52
Newham 20.74 23.15 26.76 25.56 29.12
Redbridge 33.76 35.80 32.17 35.61 44.83
Richmond upon Thames 29.06 25.10 29.23 31.60 42.96
Southwark 37.05 41.31 67.22 49.54 49.96
Sutton 31.83 21.48 26.03 19.70 22.22
Tower Hamlets 20.77 17.45 25.22 37.87 27.22
Waltham Forest 39.62 42.42 44.12 23.28 43.50
Wandsworth 34.69 33.04 64.28 47.27 38.41
Westminster 46.29 51.70 67.76 63.75 60.83
City of London 29.23 28.58 36.71 10.36 32.28

Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will explain the discrepancy in the number per thousand of physically handicapped persons in the records of local authorities; if he will take steps to improve the registration techniques of authorities whose records are defective; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alison

Authorities' practice in keeping records varies widely, and statistics derived from registers are neither an accurate measure of services nor of the incidence of handicap. We shall take up these matters with the authorities when they have been able to study the report of the national survey of the physically handicapped which is to be published in the spring.

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