HC Deb 22 July 1976 vol 915 cc603-8W
Mr. Hannam

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of households in each local authority who received assistance with the provision of aids in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 population;

(2) if he will list the number of households in each local authority who received assistance with the installation of telephones in 1974–75 expressed per 1,000 population;

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NORTHERN REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Cleveland … … 8.614 0.253 0.267
Cumbria … … 2.239 0.164 0.277
Durham … … 0.044* 0.339 0.401
Northumberland … … 2.779 0.158 0.795
Metropolitan County—Tyne and Wear:
Districts
Gateshead … … 1.709 0.238 0.670
Newcastle upon Tyne … … 12.178 0.990 1.155
North Tyneside … … 2.030 0.379 0.559
South Tyneside … … 5.364 0.542 0.839
Sunderland … … 2.659 0.396 1.576

(3) if he will list the number of households in each local authority who received assistance with adaptations to their home 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:

The numbers of households, per 1,000 population, in each local authority area which received assistance in the year ended 31st March 1975 were as follows:

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YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION:
Metropolitan Counties:
Humberside … 3.339 0.329 0.448
North Yorkshire … 2.615 0.296 0.244
Metropolitan County—South Yorkshire:
Districts
Barnsley … 2.053 0.174 0.785
Doncaster … 6.480 0.286 0.698
Rotherham … 3.196 0.202 0.548
Sheffield … 2.449 0.093 2.659
Metropolitan County—West Yorkshire:
Districts
Bradford … 1.961 0.056 0.820
Calderdale … 0.806 0.151 0.676
Kirklees … 2.058 0.272 0.581
Leeds … 2.884 0.130 1.254
Wakefield … 3.934 0.370 2.870
* 2,175 aids issued by area health authority.
NORTH WESTERN REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Cheshire … 3.652 0.474 0.355
Lancashire … 3.255 0.719 0.542
Metropolitan County—Greater Manchester:
Districts
Bolton … 3.151 0.214 1.119
Bury … 2.790 0.161 0.943
Manchester … Not available* 2.271 2.792
Oldham … 4.321 0.823 0.797
Rochdale … 3.400 0.598 0.717
Salford … 1.923 0.139 0.351
Stockport … 5.357 0.669 1.179
Tameside … 2.570 0.741 1.065
Trafford … 3.729 0.299 0.954
Wigan … 2.958 0.757 0.629
Metropolitan County—Merseyside:
Districts
Knowsley … 1.847 0.793 0.376
Liverpool … 1.663 1.027 2.042
Sefton … 3.799 0.420 0.576
St. Helens … 2.202 0.661 0.212
Wirral … 2.156 0.521 0.621
WEST MIDLANDS REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Hereford and Worcester … 3.198 0.229 1.019
Salop … 0.892 0.251 0.178
Staffordshire … 2.779 0.285 0.462
Warwickshire … 2.852 0.334 0.332
* Households not known (2,327 aids supplied).
Metropolitan County—West Midland:
Districts
Birmingham … 1.888 0.642 0.792
Coventry … 2.580 0.591 1.452
Dudley … 1.734 0.211 0.683
Sandwell … 1.953 0.469 0.634
Solihull … 3.048 0.596 0.385
Walsall … 2.748 0.125 0.417
Wolverhampton … 8.550 0.582 0.716
EAST MIDLANDS REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Derbyshire … 2.838 0.239 0.647
Leicestershire … Not available 0.452 1.320
Lincolnshire … 4.633 0 079 0108
Northamptonshire … 2.377 0.679 0.334
Nottinghamshire … 3.073 0.660 1.035

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LONDON NORTH REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Bedfordshire … … … 4.646 1.026 0.444
Berkshire … … … 3.586 0.298 0.432
Buckinghamshire … … … 0.032* 0.257 0.135
Cambridgeshire … … … 2.232 0.229 0.414
Essex … … … 5.669 0.277 1.493
Hertfordshire … … … 1.475 0.415 0.585
Norfolk … … … 2.477 0.105 0.967
Oxfordshire … … … 0.069 0.355 0.295
Suffolk … … … 4.349 0.180 0.457
* In addition, 3,372 aids were supplied to 800 persons by the area health authority.
LONDON REGION:
INNER LONDON:
Camden … … … 6.268 1.357 1.926
Greenwich … … … 6.743 2.354 1.231
Hackney … … … 3.346 0.428 0.038
Hammersmith … … … 7.216 1.283 1.601
Islington … … … 1.706 3.742 0.190
Kensington … … … 7.975 0.568 0.729
Lambeth … … … 4.206 1.138 2.056
Lewisham … … … 3.374 2.035 1.395
Southwark … … … 5.834 0.443 1.903
Tower Hamlets … … … 6.420 0.653 1.853
Wandsworth … … … 11.838 1.495 3.687
Westminster … … … 4.146 1.295 0.595
City of London … … … 4.717 0.377 Nil
OUTER LONDON:
Barking … … … 5.108 0.412 2.709
Barnet … … … 3.385 0.670 1.561
Bexley … … … 4.735 0.415 0.378
Brent … … … 4.173 1.316 1.952
Bromley … … … 4.272 0.285 1.595
Croydon … … … 2.675 0.219 0.695
Ealing … … … 3.559 0.894 1.111
Enfield … … … 3.239 0.675 0.800
Haringey … … … 8.846 1.115 0.865
Harrow … … … 4.397 0.637 1.645
Havering … … … 3.668 0.354 0.485
Hillingdon … … … 4.649 1.200 3.574
Hounslow … … … 2.774 0.295 1.072
Kingston-upon-Thames … … … 3.832 0.462 2.410
Merton … … … 10.531 0.886 5.029
Newham … … … 8.673 0.364 0.217
Red bridge … … … 3.699 0.361 0.395
Richmond-upon-Thames … … … 4.454 1.091 1.823
Sutton … … … 3.774 0.251 1.232
Waltham Forest … … … 7.802 0.867 1.617
SOUTHERN REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Dorset … … … 4.365 0.542 0.344
Hampshire … … … 2.430 0.188 0.608
Isle of Wight … … … 3.742 0.171 0.180
Kent … … … 0.669 0.518 0.253
Surrey … … … 4.550 0.372 1.992
East Sussex … … … 3.876 0.123 0.220
West Sussex … … … 3.616 0.162 0.928
Wiltshire … … … 3.730 0.262 0.973
SOUTH WESTERN REGION:
Non-Metropolitan Counties:
Avon … … … 1.743 0.236 0.887
Cornwall … … … 3.440 0.161 0.319
Devon … … … 5.225 0.158 0.624
Gloucestershire … … … 2.981 0.402 0.258
Somerset … … … 4.083 0.077 1.009