§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many places there are at day centres for the elderly in Wales and in each local authority; and if he will express these totals per 1,000 population aged 65 years and over.
§ Mr. John Morris86 places are available at local authority maintained day
Number of full-time social workers Number of part-time social workers Whole-time equivalents Rate per 1,000 population Anglesey … … … 14 — 14.0 0.23 Brecon … … … 7 5 8.2 0.16 Caernarvon … … … 34 — 34.0 0.28 Cardigan … … … 13 1 13.8 0.25 Carmarthen … … … 25 1 25.6 0.16 Denbigh … … … 33 — 33.0 0.18 Flint … … … 32 4 34.0 0.19 Glamorgan … … … 205 17 213.5 0.28 Merioneth … … … 11 — 11.0 0.32 Monmouth … … … 57 1 57.7 0.16 Montgomery … … … 5 — 5.0 0.11 Pembroke … … … 25 — 25.0 0.25 Radnor … … … 4 3 6.0 0.32 Cardiff … … … 63 4 65.0 0.23 Merthyr … … … 14 — 14.0 0.26 Newport … … … 40 — 40.0 0.36 Swansea … … … 15 — 15.0 0.09 WALES … … … 597 36 614.8 0.22
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of senior social service personnel employed by each local authority social services department.
§ Mr. John Morris199 senior social service personnel were employed by local authority social services departments in Wales at the last complete enumeration. The geographical distribution is as follows:
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Area Number of senior social service personnel Anglesey … … … … 5 Brecon … … … … 5 centres for the elderly in Wales corresponding to a rate of 0.22 per 1,000 population aged 65 years and over: 16 are in Caernarvonshire—0.67 per 1,000; 45 in Glamorgan—0.46 per 1,000; and 25 in Merthyr—3.09 per 1,000.