HC Deb 21 July 1975 vol 896 cc43-4W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the elderly groups (a) 65–74 years and (b) 75 years or over in Scotland used the following services in the latest year for which figures are available (i) health visitor, (ii) district nurse and (iii) home chiropody.

Mr. William Ross

Information available centrally relates only to persons aged 65 and over and is as follows:

Proportion of age groups 65 and over using service (1973)
Health visiting … 12.5 per cent.
District nursing … 12.8 per cent.
Home chiropody … 5.9 per cent.

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of elderly persons in Scotland (a) between pensionable age and 75 years and (b) 75 years or over was living alone in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. William Ross

The latest figures available of elderly persons living alone in Scotland are based on a 10 per cent. sample drawn from the 1971 Census. These indicated that 24.3 per cent. of the population between pensionable age and 75 years, and 31.4 per cent. of the population aged 75 or over, were living alone.