HC Deb 12 December 1973 vol 866 cc125-6W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many telephones for the elderly or handicapped have been installed by local authorities in Scotland in the years 1971, 1972 and 1973 to the latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Three hundred and twenty-four people had been assisted financially by local authorities in Scotland to obtain or retain a telephone up to 31st December 1972. Year-by-year figures are not available.