§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the number of households containing disabled children in each local authority who received assistance with holidays in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 child population;
(2) if he will list the number of households in each local authority who received assistance with holidays in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 population.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16th July 1976; Vol. 915, c. 296–7], circulated the following information:
Information on assistance with holidays relates to people, not households. The following are the rates for the number of children assisted per 1,000 population aged under 16 and the number of people per 1,000 total population, respectively. The information relates to everyone assisted over holidays—except children in care—whether or not they are disabled.
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Local Authority Number of children under 16 assisted with holidays per 1,000 population aged under 16 Number of persons assisted with holidays per 1,000 population NORTHERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Countries: Cleveland … … … 1.799 2.278 Cumbria … … … 0.045 0.580 Durham … … … 0.580 0.684 Northumberland … … … 1.039 0.494 Metropolitan County—Tyn and Wear: Districts Gateshead … … … 0.739 1.853 Newcastle upon … … … 0.387 4.394 North Tyneside … … … 0.996 1.054 South Tyneside … … … 1.562 2.726 Sunderland … … … 0.241 0.871 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION: Non-Metropolitan Countries: Humberside … … … 0.131 0.494 North Yorkshire … … … 0.983 0.988 Metropolitan County—South Yorkshire: Districts Barnsley … … … 0.085 1.379 Doncaster … … … Nil 0.624 Rotherham … … … Nil 0.322 Sheffield … … … 0.244 0.620 Metropolitan County— West Yorkshire: Districts Bradford … … … Nil 2.794 Calderdale … … … Nil 0.473 Kirklees … … … Nil 0.778 Leeds … … … 0.544 1.398 Wakefield … … … 0.077 0.897 NORTH WESTERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Cheshire … … … 0.079 0.528 Lancashire … … … 0.046 0.896 Metropolitan County—Greater Manchester: Districts Bolton … … … 1.900 1.665 Bury … … … 0.063 0.954 Manchester … … … 0.317 2.002 Oldham … … … Nil 5.336 Rochdale … … … Nil 2.165 Salford … … … 0.059 1.440 Stockport … … … 0.106 0.302 Tameside … … … Nil 0.364 Trafford … … … Nil 0.176 Wigan … … … Nil 0.535 Metropolitan County—Merseyside: Districts Knowsley … … … 0.016 0.323 Liverpool … … … 0.436 3.067 Sefton … … … 0.057 0.534 St. Helens … … … 0.025 0.408 Wirral … … … 0.233 0.891 WEST MIDLANDS REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Hereford and Worcester … … … 1.300 1.702 Salop … … … 0.228 0.477 Staffordshire … … … 0.389 1.290 Warwickshire … … … 0.024 0.871 Metropolitan County—West Midlands: Districts Birmingham … … … Nil 0.118 Coventry … … … 0.186 2.475 Dudley … … … Nil 0.017 Sandwell … … … 0.013 1.912 Solihull … … … 0.554 2.518 Walsall … … … Nil 1.878 Wolverhampton … … … Not available 3.039 598W599W
Local Authority Number of children under 16 assisted with holidays per 1,000 population aged under 16 Number of persons assisted with holidays per 1,000 population EAST MIDLANDS REGION: Non-Metropolitan Countries: Derbyshire … … … … 0.184 1.079 Leicestershire … … … … 0.612 0.751 Lincolnshire … … … … 0.085 0.360 Northamptonshire … … … … 0.370 6.029 Nottinghamshire … … … … 0.099 0.574 LONDON NORTH REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties Bedfordshire … … … … 0.181 1.549 Berkshire … … … … 1.951 1.013 Buckinghamshire … … … … 0.357 0.583 Cambridgeshire … … … … 0.131 0.494 Essex … … … … 0.003 0.428 Hertfordshire … … … … 0.012 0.488 Norfolk … … … … Nil 1.109 Oxfordshire … … … … Not available 0.656 Suffolk … … … … 0.155 0.374 LONDON REGION: Inner London: Camden … … … … 6.137 22.093 Greenwich … … … … 1.711 12.688 Hackney … … … … Nil 22.938 Hammersmith … … … … 1.763 3.508 Islington … … … … 0.459 19.094 Kensinton … … … … Nil 2.772 Lambeth … … … … 7.006 11.416 Lewisham … … … … 1.027 12.256 Southwark … … … … 8.311 15.019 Tower Hamlets … … … … Not available 37.067 Wandsworth … … … … 8.544 16.636 Westminster … … … … 4.303 8.604 City of London … … … … Nil 4.717 Outer London: Barking … … … … 0.335 25.387 Barnet … … … … 0.158 1.349 Bexley … … … … 0.037 1.789 Brent … … … … 0.098 9.464 Bromley … … … … 0.272 1.154 Croydon … … … … Nil 1.892 Ealing … … … … 0.015 1.159 Enfield … … … … 1.141 6.397 Haringey … … … … 0.203 11.731 Harrow … … … … 1.400 6.497 Havering … … … … 0.051 13.183 Hillingdon … … … … 1.103 6.529 Hounslow … … … … 0.087 4.673 Kingston-upon-Thames … … … … 0.877 1.919 Merton … … … … 0.054 2.566 Newham … … … … 0.602 3.569 Redbridge … … … … Nil 8.384 Richmond-upon-Thames … … … … 0.826 1.552 Sutton … … … … 0.656 0.981 Waltham Forest … … … … 0.222 4.075 SOUTHERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Dorset … … … … 0.588 0.580 Hampshire … … … … 0.104 1.075 Isle of Wight … … … … Nil 0.036 Kent … … … … 0.011 0.462 Surrey … … … … 0.165 0.510 East Sussex … … … … 0.008 0.052 West Sussex … … … … 0.029 0.591 Wiltshire … … … … 0.907 1.642
Local Authority Number of children under 16 assisted with holidays per 1,000 population aged under 16 Number of persons assisted with holidays per 1,000 population Non-Metropolitan Counties: Avon … … … … 0.439 1.890 Cornwall … … … … 0.011 0.283 Devon … … … … 0.035 0.886 Gloucestershire … … … … 0.016 0.297 Somerset … … … … 1.089 1.304
§ Mr. Hannamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list the number of households containing disabled children in each local authority who received assistance with the installation of telephones in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 child population;
(2) if he will list the number of households containing disabled children in each local authority who received assistance with adaptations to their homes in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 child population;
(3) if he will list the number of households containing disabled children in each
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Local Authority Aids Installation of Telephones Adaptations to Property NORTHERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Cleveland … … 0.428 0.025 0.081 Cumbria … … 0.090 Nil 0.072 Durham … … 0.040 0.033 0.080 Northumberland … … 0.248 0.031 0.124 Metropolitan County—Tyne and Wear: Districts Gateshead … … 0.180 0.018 0.072 Newcastle upon Tyne … … 0.863 0.045 0.179 North Tyneside … … 0.078 0.020 0.098 South Tyneside … … 0.233 0.093 0.210 Sunderland … … 0.330 0.025 0.431 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Humberside … … 0.276 0.014 0.100 North Yorkshire … … 0.281 0.001 0.127 Metropolitan County—South Yorkshire: Districts Barnsley … … 0.170 0.017 0.357 Doncaster … … Not available 0.026 0.302 Rotherham … … 0.119 0.030 0.178 Sheffield … … 0.122 Nil 0.297 Metropolitan County—West Yorkshire: Districts Bradford … … 0.167 Nil 0.150 Calderda … … 0.063 Nil 0.147 Kirklees … … 0.135 Nil 0.052 Leeds … … 0.100 0.006 0.111 Wakefield … … 0.346 0.038 0.513 NORTH-WESTERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Cheshire … … 0.396 0.017 0.167 Lancashire … … 0.315 0.006 0.107 local authority who received assistance with the provision of aids in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 child population.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 16th July 1976; Vol. 915, c. 296–7], circulated the following information:
The number of households including a handicapped child aged under 16 per 1,000 child population in each local authority which received assistance in the year ended 31st March 1975 were as follows:
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Local Authority Aids Installation of Telephones Adaptations to Property Metropolitan County—Greater Manchester: Districts Bolton … 0.221 Nil 0.177 Bury … 0.211 0.021 0.169 Manchester … Not available 0.083 0.242 Oldham … 0.169 0.051 0.135 Rochdale … 0.365 Nil 0.087 Salford … 0.235 Nil 0.103 Stockport … 0.198 Nil 0.303 Tameside … 0.107 Nil 0.071 Trafford … 0.386 Nil 0.211 Wigan … 0.369 0.074 0.455 Metropolitan County—Merseyside: Districts Knowsley … 0.322 0.064 0.225 Liverpool … 0.143 0.120 0.775 Sefton … 0.721 0.095 0.266 St. Helens … 0.089 Nil 0.076 Wirral … 0.355 0.011 0.233 WEST MIDLANDS REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Hereford and Worcester … 0.245 0.034 0.088 Salop … 0.033 0.043 0.043 Staffordshire … 0.222 0.008 0.058 Warwickshire … 0.448 0.016 0.080 Metropolitan County—West Midlands: Districts Birmingham … 0.074 0.030 0.115 Coventry … 0.197 Nil 0.263 Dudley … 0.143 Nil 0.117 Sand well … 0.076 0.051 0.026 Solihull … 0.054 Nil 0.143 Walsall … 0.322 Nil 0.027 Wolverhampton … 0.134 Nil 0.282 EAST MIDLANDS REGION: Metropolitan Counties: Derbyshire … 0.138 Nil 0.069 Leicestershire … Not available 0.028 0.436 Lincolnshire … 0.373 Nil 0.047 Northamptonshire … 0.385 0.015 0.060 Nottinghamshire … 0.290 0.087 0.202 LONDON NORTH REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Bedfordshire … 1.159 0.036 0.072 Berkshire … 0.367 0.011 0.086 Buckinghamshire … 0.007* 0.141 0.067 Cambridgeshire … 0.247 0.007 0.080 Essex … 0.253 0.017 0.124 Hertfordshire … 0.240 0.004 0.062 Norfolk … 0.052 Nil 0.084 Oxfordshire … 0.015 Nil 0.059 Suffolk … 0.296 0.007 0.120 LONDON REGION: INNER LONDON: Camden … 0.469 0.108 0.181 Greenwich … 0.351 0.021 0.186 Hackney … 0.214 0.058 Nil Hammersmith … 0.334 0.061 Nil Islington … 0.108 0.270 Nil Kensington … 0.637 0.147 Nil Lambeth … 0.422 0.029 0.160 Lewisham … 0.101 0.084 0.034 Southwark … 0.209 0.019 0.076 Tower Hamlet … Not available Nil Not available Wandsworth … 1.200 0.224 0.688 Westminster … 0.398 0.080 0.159 City of London … Nil Nil Nil * A total of 3,372 aids were supplied to 800 persons by the Area Health Authority.
Local Authority Aids Installation of Telephones Adaptations to Property OUTER LONDON: Barking … … … 0.056 Nil 0.056 Barnet … … … 0.760 0.079 0.222 Bexley … … … 0.519 0.056 0.074 Brent … … … 0.261 0.049 0.147 Bromley … … … 0.740 0.015 0.091 Croydon … … … 0.214 0.025 0.264 Ealing … … … 0.295 0.059 0.221 Enfield … … … 0.134 Nil 0.117 Haringey … … … 0.536 0.111 0.055 Harrow … … … 0.422 Nil 0.311 Havering … … … 0.253 Mil 0.135 Hillingdon … … … 0.404 Nil 0.588 Hounslow … … … 0.283 Nil 0.130 Kingston-upon-Thames … … … 0.175 0.035 0.070 Merton … … … 0.622 0.027 0.378 Newham … … … Not available 0.017 Nil Redbridge … … … Nil Nil 0.041 Richmond-upon-Thames … … … 0.336 Nil 0.306 Sutton … … … 0.157 Nil 0.289 Waltham Forest … … … 0.648 Nil 0.093 SOUTHERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties Dorset … … … 0.365 0.025 0.058 Hampshire … … … 0.181 0.019 0.125 Isle of Wight … … … 0.042 Nil 0.085 Kent … … … 0.093 0.022 0.063 Surrey … … … 0.401 0.008 0.249 East Sussex … … … 0.210 Nil 0.085 West Sussex … … … 0.250 Nil 0.184 Wiltshire … … … 0.682 0.015 0.232 SOUTH WESTERN REGION: Non-Metropolitan Counties: Avon … … … 0.201 Nil 0.110 Cornwall … … … 0.077 0.011 0.055 Devon … … … 0.479 Nil 0.079 Gloucester … … … 0.358 0.016 0.081 Somerset … … … Not available 0.011 Not available