§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the elderly groups (a) 65 to 74 years and (b) 75 years or over in Wales used the following services in each year 1970 to 1974 (i) health visitor, (ii) district nurse and (iii) home chiropody.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe information is not available in the form requested. The most relevant available statistics are:
1974; and if he will express these figures as a proportion of the total number of elderly households.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe number of persons served with meals at home in a 195W sample week in November of each year was as shown in the following table:
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Number of persons aged under 65 … … … .. .. 296 650 392 Number of persons aged 65 and over … … … .. .. 9,625 13,195 11,689 All persons … … … 8,368 8,039 9,921 13,845 12,081 Rate per 1,000 persons aged 65 and over … … … ֵ ֵ 25.4 33.7 29.3 No information on the age of recipients is available before 1972, nor is information available on the age of recipients of meals at centres.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of elderly households over pen
1970 1972 1973 1974 Number of cases aged 65 and over … 22,647 24,669 26,994 26,604 Rate per 1,000 persons aged 65 and over … 60.9 63.9 68.9 66.8 Year ended 31st December prior to 1972. Year ended 31st March for 1972 onwards. No data are available for 1971.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many elderly persons in Wales between (a) pensionable age and 75 years and (b) 75 years or over were living alone in the latest year for which figures are available; and what proportion this represents of the total number of elderly persons in each age group.
§ Mr. John MorrisAccording to the 1971 Census the number of persons over pensionable age enumerated in one-person households in April 1971 was 103,120. This represents 22 per cent. of all persons over pensionable age. No more detailed age breakdown is available.