Disabled Persons (Hansard, 15 March 1971)

§ Mr. Alison

The following table shows the estimated net expenditure under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, which it is assumed is what the hon. Member has in mind. Information for London boroughs for 1964–65 is not available as they were not responsible for the services prior to 1st April, 1965. Information about net expenditure on local authority health and housing services for those registered is not available.

Following is the table:

219W

	1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Cornwall	…	…	334	356	687	535	1,170	1,054
Cheshire	…	…	349	421	622	777	967	1,052
Dorset	…	…	401	585	689	814	734	952
Oxford	…	…	1,905	1,329	824	702	554	577
Isle of Wight	…	…	637	144	233	29	169	77
COUNTY BOROUGHS
Oldham	…	…	2,421	2,030	2,049	2,892	3,942	7,083
Bristol	…	…	4,206	6,139	6,212	6,100	6,035	6,507
Walsall	…	…	3,343	3,448	4,343	4,227	5,848	6,448
Lincoln	…	…	2,195	2,757	4,639	4,217	5,680	5,927
Blackburn	…	…	2,313	3,029	4,737	4,737	4,799	5,618
Tynemouth	…	…	1,828	2,629	3,985	3,743	4,817	5,350
Grimsby	…	…	2,781	3,273	3,796	4,049	4,467	5,256
Northampton	…	…	1,103	1,730	4,773	6,006	6,296	5,246
Exeter	…	…	3,661	3,611	4,117	4,036	4,222	5,235
Luton	…	…	3,071	2,751	4,762	4,278	4,455	4,687
West Bromwich	…	…	3,317	4,009	4,687	5,609	4,403	4,602
Gateshead	…	…	3,440	3,936	4,548	4,464	4,246	4,332
Bootle	…	…	3,648	2,949	2,987	2,583	2,915	4,314
Barrow—in—Furness	…	…	2,420	1,612	4,236	3,638	3,972	4,293
Worcester	…	…	4,571	5,205	5,448	6,682	3,496	3,951
South Shields	…	…	1,760	2,705	2,406	3,463	2,883	3,890
Barnsley	…	…	2,181	2,348	2,377	2,425	3,161	3,659
Dudley	…	…	2,688	3,150	2,795	4,074	3,742	3,652
Wolverhampton	…	…	2,331	2,501	3,223	3,149	3,517	3,613
Manchester	…	…	1,399	1,266	1,959	2,627	3,260	3,575
Rochdale	…	…	2,730	2,059	1,956	1,943	3,333	3,494
Darlington	…	…	3,572	3,675	3,782	3,560	2,910	3,469
Sheffield	…	…	4,039	3,884	3,665	3,510	3,131	3,375
Teesside	…	…	516	1,833	2,254	3,263	3,064	3,374
Norwich	…	…	1,011	2,141	2,158	3,333	3,081	3,170
Southport	…	…	1,749	1,688	2,727	2,952	2,926	3,170
Huddersfield	…	…	250	175	756	715	1,386	3,156
Liverpool	…	…	313	744	1,129	1,328	3,139	3,091
Derby	…	…	2,981	2,931	3,135	3,213	2,579	2,989
Stoke—on—Trent	…	…	1,931	2,313	2,435	2,352	2,887	2,905
Rotherham	…	…	2,230	2,078	3,064	2.807	3,039	2,843
Leicester	…	…	2,035	1,912	2,078	2,690	3,029	2,744
Bournemouth	…	…	1,301	1,531	1,246	1,369	1,813	2,653
Burnley	…	…	1,311	1,347	1,598	1,755	2,076	2,631
Bradford	…	…	1,653	2,131	2,502	2,496	2,457	2,591
York	…	…	2,112	2,030	1,873	2,394	2,383	2,587
Brighton	…	…	1,922	1,856	1,843	2,446	2,241	2,532
Bath	…	…	1,522	1,637	1,743	1,684	1,866	2,453
Oxford	…	…	3,829	6,680	7,915	12,534	4,491	2,447
Torbay	…	…	—	—	—	—	3,057	2,356
Birmingham	…	…	1,601	1,735	1,690	2,212	2,239	2,198
Southampton	…	…	1,113	1,064	1,258	1,438	2,382	2,190
Kingston upon Hull	…	…	1,421	1,799	1,725	1,835	2,276	2,157
Carlisle	…	…	3,746	3,195	3,455	1,838	2,015	2,127
Portsmouth	…	…	767	1,019	840	907	1,724	2,097
Hartlepool	…	…	808	1,471	1,525	1,400	2,028	2,048
Halifax	…	…	1,375	1,413	1,534	1,702	1,780	2,042
Warrington	…	…	2,117	2,631	2,526	1,885	2,155	2,023
Newcastle upon Tyne	…	…	2,407	2,521	2,390	4,025	1,833	1,977
Doncaster	…	…	2,654	3,194	3,440	3,300	2,047	1,948
Blackpool	…	…	990	1,047	862	910	1,649	1,887
Warley	…	…	2,065	2,045	1,963	1,594	1,861	1,880
Wakefield	…	…	1,418	1,747	1,747	2,454	1,673	1,720
Eastbourne	…	…	76	2,527	851	875	1,426	1,706
Solihull	…	…	1,153	1,099	1,069	1,072	1,500	1,642
Sunderland	…	…	1,506	1,763	1,912	1,896	1,328	1,600
Preston	…	…	818	792	924	948	1,342	1,582
Chester	…	…	188	1,046	886	563	952	1,562
Bury	…	…	2,548	2,077	2,253	2,029	1,533	1,479
Gloucester	…	…	647	636	1,359	1,400	1,569	1,462
Canterbury	…	…	1,574	2,220	2,731	1,678	1,700	1,298
Birkenhead	…	…	1,383	657	771	690	1,460	1,292
Plymouth	…	…	948	967	896	1,223	988	1,260
Wigan	…	…	1,550	1,535	1,527	2,277	1,607	1,221

220W 221W

	1964–65	1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Leeds	…	1,998	2,106	2,222	2,369	1,566	1,182
Southend-on-Sea	…	591	612	761	866	560	1,129
Wallasey	…	355	480	847	819	1,104	1,055
Burton—on—Trent	?	1,403	1,475	1,543	1,309	1,315	1,049
Ipswich	…	613	606	1,165	1,217	1,079	1,033
St. Helens	…	953	1,040	1,034	1,077	1,202	1,018
Reading	…	2,226	3,278	3,457	4,137	3,456	975
Bolton	…	2,157	1,875	1,824	1,869	1,860	900
Dewsbury	…	229	605	297	278	1,088	900
Hastings	…	910	851	524	452	563	645
Coventry	…	2,511	3,877	4,457	4,899	4,893	638
Stockport	…	317	363	432	462	573	616
Nottingham	…	1,868	1,970	2,158	1,967	1,306	613
Salford	…	402	363	383	354	350	383
Great Yarmouth	…	231	619	376	364	446	285
LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS
Lewisham	…	—	3,612	4,020	5,644	5,053	6,420
Barking	…	—	3,066	2,828	4,230	5,097	6,089
Westminster	…	—	4,629	5,170	6,776	6,375	6,083
Hillingdon	…	—	4,115	4,581	5,172	5,746	5,667
Bexley	…	—	5,294	4,541	5,303	2,949	5,661
Havering	…	—	3,337	4,543	4,567	4,782	5,141
Southwark	…	—	3,705	4,131	6,722	4,954	4,996
Lambeth	…	—	2,402	3,077	3,006	3,007	4,721
Barnet	…	—	2,328	3,598	3,791	5,799	4,669
Haringey	…	—	3,142	2,931	3,266	4,380	4,656
Redbridge	…	—	3,376	3,580	3,217	3,561	4,483
Greenwich	…	—	2,643	2,774	4,388	5,002	4,375
Waltham Forest	…	—	3,962	4,242	4,412	2,328	4,350
Brent	…	—	3,785	4,297	4,758	4,305	4,336
Richmond-upon-Thames	…	—	2,906	2,510	2,923	3,160	4,296
Camden	…	—	5,077	3,892	5,380	4,252	4,239
Hackney	…	—	3,290	3,412	3,494	3,112	4,133
Ealing	…	—	4,975	5,556	5,224	4,614	4,124
Kensington and Chelsea	…	—	4,561	4,551	3,803	2,962	3,912
Wandsworth	…	—	3,469	3,304	6,428	4,727	3,841
Enfield	…	—	2,238	2,469	3,216	3,384	3,513
Hammersmith	…	—	2,033	2,677	3,173	3,226	3,507
Bromley	…	—	2,662	3,595	3,500	3,525	3,357
Merton	…	—	5,519	3,979	4,083	2,882	3,352
City of London	…	—	2,923	2,858	3,671	1,036	3,228
Kingston—upon—Thames	…	—	4,327	3,710	3,896	2,885	3,638
Newham	…	—	2,074	2,315	2,676	2,556	2,912
Croydon	…	—	3,542	3,680	3,363	3,175	2,898
Hounslow	…	—	4,486	3,716	3,048	2,862	2,889
Tower Hamlets	…	—	2,077	1,745	2,522	3,787	2,722
Harrow	…	—	3,449	4,667	2,858	2,608	2,678
Islington	…	—	2,655	2,243	2,141	2,438	2,262
Sutton	…	—	3,183	2,148	2,603	1,970	2,222