HC Deb 12 February 1976 vol 905 cc327-8W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) for the year 1974–75, what was the total capital expenditure in the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority; what is the capital expenditure on services for the mentally handicapped in the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority; and what was the capital expenditure on services for the mentally ill in the Yorkshire Regional Health Authority:

(2) for the year 1974–75, what was the total capital expenditure in the Trent Regional Health Authority; what was the capital expenditure on services for the mentally handicapped in the Trent Regional Health Authority; and what was the capital expenditure on services for the mentally ill in the Trent Regional Health Authority.

Dr. Owen

The information requested is as follows:

Mr. O'Malley

I regret that information is not available in the precise form requested. The following table shows the period between making and hearing appeals during the three months ending 30th September 1975.

within the present age limits of the mobility allowance scheme. The cost of including them in the scheme would be about £7 million a year. These figures exclude the registered partially sighted. Blind people with severe locomotor defects who are unable or virtually unable to walk are already covered by the scheme.