§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in the light of the recent Welfare Services Statistics Report by the Institute of Municipal Treasurers, a copy of which is in his possession, he will now publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table of local authorities, in rank order according to their total net expenditure for the handicapped per thousand population; and if he will include average figures for county boroughs, London boroughs, and the counties.
§ Sir K. JosephThe report to which the hon. Member refers includes figures82W of expenditure on services for the handicapped under section 29 of the National Assistance Act only. It is not possible to separate out expenditure on the many major services for the handicapped provided under other legislation from expenditure on these services provided for other groups. Figures of total net expenditure for the handicapped are not therefore available.