§ 49. Mr. Woodhouseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will re-publish the figures showing the amount spent by each of the appropriate local authorities per hundred registered disabled people, as originally published in 15th March, 1971, after calculating the figures for 1968–69 and 1969–70 on the same basis as for previous years.
§ Mr. AlisonFigures for all the years were calculated on the same basis, namely288W by dividing net expenditure on welfare services for the handicapped (general classes) under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, by the number of persons registered. However, a new expenditure heading "Welfare Services for the Elderly" was introduced in 196869 and some authorities, including Oxford County Borough, appear to have brought to account under that heading expenditure which they had previously included under the handicapped. It would not be possible to re-analyse the figures without obtaining information from each authority.