HC Deb 20 April 1978 vol 948 cc324-6W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give comparative figures and details of the provisions made for the sick and disabled under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Acts of 1970 and 1976 in the county districts of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.

Mr. Alfred Morris

The information requested is as follows:

1976–77
Rate and £ per 1,000 population
Populations (thousands) Households assisted with telephones Expenditure on telephones Households assisted with televisions Expenditure on televisions Households assisted with personal aids Expenditure on personal aids Households assisted with adaptations to property Expenditure on adaptations to property Net households assisted Persons assisted with holidays Expenditure on holidays Total expenditure
£ £ £ £ £ £
Bolton 261.0 1.7 39.0 0.0 * 4.6 96.0 1.2 66.0 5.5 0.0 1.5 203.0
Bury 181.0 2.0 73.0 0.0 * 4.3 25.0 0.5 97.0 6.4 0.2 13.0 208.0
Manchester 490.0 8.6 285.0 0.7 * 2.4 87.0 2.4 256.0 10.8 1.2 40.0 659.0
Oldham 227.0 2.6 90.0 0.0 * N/A 49.0 1.2 240.0 N/A 0.0 220.0 600.0
Rochdale 210.0 2.1 76.0 0.0 * 2.5 49.0 1.0 51.0 5.2 2.1 21.0 198.0
Salford 261.0 1.5 74.0 0.0 * 3.0 15.0 0.5 18.0 4.9 1.8 150.0 257.0
Stockport 293.0 2.3 86.0 0.0 * 4.0 59.0 0.7 43.0 6.5 0.3 8.0 197.0
Tameside 222.0 2.1 91.0 0.0 * 4.8 26.0 1.1 186.0 7.8 0.2 17.0 319.0
Trafford 227.0 1.1 79.0 0.0 * 5.2 95.0 2.3 90.0 7.6 0.2 4.5 268.0
Wigan 311.0 2.3 94.0 0.1 * 5.9 176.0 1.5 115.0 9.1 1.5 17.0 403.0
N/A = Not available.
* I will provide my hon. Friend with figures of expenditure on televisions as soon as they are available.