§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the numbers of administrative staff in each health and social services board headquarters in Northern Ireland present; and what were the numbers at the same time in 1979 and 1978.
§ Mr. AlisonThe latest information available is for 31 December 1979. This is given below together with information for the previous two years.
the year ended 31 December 1978 are as follows:
Board Number of households Rate per 1,000 population aged 65 or over Eastern 320* 3.8* Northern 495 13.4 Southern 118 4.2 Western 216 8.6 Northern Ireland 1,149 6.6 * Does not take account of 103 households for which there is no information about the age of members of the households.