HC Deb 28 June 1974 vol 875 c57W
Mr. Wyn Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what sum per capita is being allocated by the Welsh county authorities for the provision of telephones to disabled persons.

Mr. John Morris

Information in the form requested is not available centrally, but in 1973–74 estimated expenditure by local authorities under Section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and under Section 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 for the provision of telephones for the disabled and elderly was about £58,000.