§ Dr. Dickson Mabonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many disabled persons are receiving social work services from local authorities in Scotland; and what is his estimate of the total number of disabled people in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellAt the end of 1972, about 28,300 disabled persons were receiving general social work support and 24,400 disabled persons were receiving assistance from the home help service. Figures are not available of disabled persons attending day centres or receiving meals services, and it is not known to what extent all these groups overlap. There were about 1,100 residents in homes for the disabled, but the number of disabled persons in homes for the elderly is not known. The Government's social survey report "The Handicapped and Impaired in Great Britain", which was published in 1971, estimated that there were about 108,000 substantially and permanently handicapped adults in Scotland, of whom 51,000 were severely or very severely disabled.