§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of home helps in each local authority ; and what numbers per 1,000 population over 65 years of age these figures represent.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe following figures provided by local authorities show the numbers of home helps employed at 31st December 1972.
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Area Total number employed* Number/1,000 population aged 65 and over† Whole-time equivalent of total Whole-time equivalent per 1,000 population aged 65 and over† Cities Aberdeen … … … 470 18.2 274.0 10.6 Dundee … … … 352 15.0 272.0 11 .6 Edinburgh … … … 878 13.3 422.0 6.4 Glasgow … … … 2,392 21.4 1,666.5 14.9 Large Burghs Airdrie … … … 86 25.8 34.4 10.3 Arbroath … … … 38 12.4 15.1 4.9 Ayr … … … 70 10.1 40.0 5.8 Clydebank … … … 100 21.7 68.0 14.7 Coatbridge … … … 216 45.3 90.1 18.9 Dumbarton … … … 56 22.2 30.8 12.2 Dumfries … … … 96 26.3 65.0 17.8 Dunfermline … … … 85 14.9 40.0 7.0 East Kilbride … … … 89 24.0 53.0 14.3 Falkirk … … … 66 13.0 49.0 9.7 Greenock and Port Glasgow … … … 151 15.6 140.2 14.5 Hamilton … … … 57 12.6 32.0 7.1 Inverness … … … 34 7.5 8.7 1.9 Kilmarnock … … … 112 20.8 38.0 7.1 Kirkcaldy … … … 195 28.5 43.4 6.4 Motherwell and Wishaw … … … 80 9.9 73.1 9.1 Paisley … … … 122 10.8 83.7 7.4 Perth … … … 50 8.1 29.0 4.7 Rutherglen … … … 102 33.5 36.1 11.8 Stirling … … … 53 14.6 13.6 3.7 Scotland Total … … … 13,730 21.0 6,710.3 10.3 * Figures exclude organising and supervising grades, and also night attendants. † The population rates are based on the Registrar General for Scotland's estimates of population aged 65 and over on 30th June 1972.