Disabled Persons (Telephones)

HC Deb 28 January 1980 vol 977 cc517-8W

Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide the latest available estimate of the total number of telephone installations in Scotland that have been assisted by local authorities under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.

Mr. Fairgrieve

It is estimated that between 1 January 1973 and 31 March 1979 local authorities in Scotland paid for the installation of 4,100 telephones. Information about earlier years is not available.

Mr. Golding

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide the latest available estimate of the total number of telephone adaptations in Scotland that have been assisted under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.

Mr. Fairgrieve

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

It is not the practice to publish official forecasts of unemployment.