HC Deb 05 March 1980 vol 980 cc194-6W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list the number of households and the rate per 1,000 population in each region who received assistance with the payment of telephone rentals in 1978–79;

(2) if he will list the number of households and the rate per 1,000 population in each region who received assistance with the installation of telephones in 1978–79;

(3) if will fist the number of households and the rate per 1,000 population in each region who received assistance with the provision of aids in 1978–79;

(4) if he will list the number of people and the rate per 1,000 population in each region who received assistance with adaptations to the home in 1978–79;

(5) if he will list the number of people and the rate per 1,000 population in each region who received assistance with holidays in 1978–79.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The information is set out in the table below:

SERVICES PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN 1978–79
Telephone rental Telephone installation Aids* Adaptations* Holidays*
Regional/Islands Authority Number Rate per 1,000 population Number Rate per 1,000 population Number Rate per 1,000 population Number Rate per 1,000 population Number Rate per 1,000 population
Borders … 58 0.6 30 0.3 778 7.7 250 2.5 58 0.6
Central … 32 0.1 33 0.1 1,277 4.7 580 2.1 196 0.7
Dumfries and Galloway … 2† 0.0 7† 0.0 288 2.0 47 0.3 55 0.4
Fife … 96 0.3 60 0.2 1,180 3.4 648 1.9 97 0.3
Grampian … 14 0.0 87 0.2 2,268 4.9 801 1.7 401 0.9
Highland … 117 0.6 66 0.3 550 2.9 180 1.0 140 0.7
Lothian … 928 1.2 238 0.3 3,444 4.6 1,412 1.9 1,247 1.7
Strathclyde … 551 0.2 256 0.1 15,405† 6.3 6,029† 2.5 N.A. N.A.
Tayside … 91 0.2 64 0.2 1,240 3.1 368 0.9 242 0.6
Orkney … — — 7 0.4 140 7.7 13 0.7 7 0.4
Shetland … 80 3.6 10 0.5 250 11.7 67 3.1 4 0.2
Western Isles … 6 0.2 6 0.2 225 7.6 37 1.2 8 0.3
Scotland … 1,975 0.4 864 0.2 27,045 5.2 10,432 2.0 N.A. N.A.
* Provisional.
† These figures relate to 1977–78 as the 1978–79 figures are not available.
N.A.=Not available.