HC Deb 03 February 1982 vol 17 cc161-2W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many disabled and elderly people received meals on wheels in 1979, 1980 and to the nearest available date in 1981.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The numbers of main meals provided by local authorities and voluntary organisations in England to people in their own homes were:

Numbers
1978–79 26,180,000
1979–80 27,030,805
1980–81 27,008,000

Statistics about the number of people receiving meals are not available centrally.