§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) 425W if she will list the number of home help hours worked in each metropolitan district and non-metropolitan county, in the most recent year for which figures are available;
(2) if she will list the number of places provided in homes for the aged in each metropolitan district and non-metropolitan county;
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Number of Home Helps employed by Social Services Departments on 30th September 1974 (Whole time equivalent based on 40 hours per week) Number of places in homes for the aged provided by or on behalf of local authorities at 1st April 1974 Main meals provided at homes of recipients during twelve months ended 31st March 1975 NON-METROPOLITAN COUNTIES Avon … … 691 2,321 857,205 Bedfordshire … … 280 1,179 252,059 Berkshire … … 600 1,116 374,892 Buckinghamshire … … 213 902 144,855 Cambridgeshire … … 439 1,228 271,703 Cheshire … … 343 1,927 246,289 Cleveland … … 397 1,344 240,650 Cornwall … … 249 1,148 116,884 Cumbria … … 406 1,300 214,383 Derbyshire … … 742 1,941 355,103 Devon … … 551 2,722 417,217 Dorset … … 417 1,782 299,906 Durham … … 848 1,743 232,289 East Sussex … … 509 2,979 418,929 Essex … … 925 3,516 592,271 Gloucestershire … … 419 1,348 160,143 Hampshire … … 806 3,272 547,528 Hereford/Worcester … … 466 1,375 246,347 Hertfordshire … … 596 1,874 739,521 Humberside … … 813 2,329 272,192 Isle of Wight … … 54 354 33,019 Kent … … 657 3,098 428,117 Lancashire … … 1,473 3,765 400,172 Leicestershire … … 695 2,225 467,564 Lincolnshire … … 442 1,437 293,793 Norfolk … … 463 2,037 360,258 Northamptonshire … … 394 1,140 238,512 Northumberland … … 358 1,003 108,660 North Yorkshire … … 469 1,963 202,474 Nottinghamshire … … 795 1,928 542,293 Oxfordshire … … 426 1,262 216,649 Salop … … 218 947 177,081 Somerset … … 264 1,132 165,287 Staffordshire … … 982 1,762 408,120 Suffolk … … 513 1,677 267,645 Surrey … … 455 2,243 461,919 Warwickshire … … 375 1,205 104,431 West Sussex … … 390 1,813 443,049 Wiltshire … … 725 901 166,000 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS Greater Manchester Bolton … … 313 751 77,706 Bury … … 162 474 66,744 Manchester … … 485 1,994 770,525 Oldham … … 382 627 60,859 Rochdale … … 188 573 50,420 Salford … … 316 871 110,468 Stockport … … 283 624 140,646 Tameside … … 406 401 65,895 Trafford … … 238 520 62,900 Wigan … … 417 779 106,542 (3) if she will list the number of meals in the home meals on wheels provided in each metropolitan district and non-metropolitan county.
§ Mr. MeacherInformation in the form requested on home help hours is not available. The latest information available is as follows:
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Number of Home Helps employed by Social Services Departments on 30th September 1974 (Whole time equivalent based on 40 hours per week) Number of places in homes for the aged provided by or on behalf of local authorities at 1st April 1974 Main meals provided at homes of recipients during twelve months ended 31st March 1975 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS—cont. Merseyside Knowsley … … 239 250 41,188 Liverpool … … 501 1,550 441,745 St. Helens … … 223 320 81,552 Sefton … … 265 769 100,086 Wirral … … 252 959 124,683 South Yorkshire Barnsley … … 345 587 101,688 Doncaster … … 313 541 162,284 Rotherham … … 293 501 49,218 Sheffield … … 711 1,387 132,112 Tyne and Wear Gateshead … … 302 543 138,449 Newcastle upon Tyne … 658 743 103,544 North Tyneside … … 140 329 120,136 South Tyneside … … 183 395 73,060 Sunderland … … 564 708 85,267 West Midlands Birmingham … … 808 2,568 301,546 Coventry … … 365 574 245,443 Dudley … … 190 471 74,875 Sandwell … … 244 861 135,168 Solihull … … 91 350 37,722 Walsall … … 172 481 82,752 Wolverhampton … … 137 695 189,070 West Yorkshire Bradford … … 668 1,325 142,488 Calderdale … … 165 671 44,374 Kirklees … … 376 1,204 121,239 Leeds … … 728 1,814 157,489 Wakefield … … 352 877 107,989