HC Deb 29 November 1982 vol 33 cc53-5W
Mr. Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of households containing disabled children and the rate per 1,000 child population in each local authority who received assistance with the payment of telephone rentals in (a) 1979–80, (b) 1980–81, (c) 1981–82.

Local Authority Number of cases of assistance Rate per 1,000 children under 16 years
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Clwyd 10 16 11 0.11 0.18 0.12
Dyfed 3 3 3 0.04 0.04 0.04
Gwent 20 18 10 0.20 0.18 0.10
Gwynedd 21 23 19 0.41 0.46 0.38
Mid Glamorgan 58 0 0 0.45 0 0
Powys 1 1 2 0.04 0.04 0.08
South Glamorgan 6 6 6 0.07 0.07 0.07
West Glamorgan 15 8 10 0.18 0.10 0.12

Mr. Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of households containing disabled children and the rate per 1,000 child population in each local authority who received assistance with the provision of aids in (a) 1979–80, (b) 1980–81 and (c) 1981–82.

Local Authority Number of cases of assistance Rate per 1,000 children under 16 years
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Clwyd 119 262 239 1.3 3.0 2.7
Dyfed 32 33 25 0.5 0.5 0.4
Gwent 57 62 61 0.6 0.6 0.6
Gwynedd 56 34 33 1.1 0.7 0.7
Mid Glamorgan 101 102 37 0.8 0.8 0.3
Powys 6 4 5 0.3 0.2 0.2
South Glamorgan 24 28 14 0.3 0.3 0.2
West Glamorgan 34 22 29 0.4 0.3 0.4

Mr. Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of households containing disabled children and the rate per 1,000 child population in each local authority which received assistance with the installation of telephones in (a) 1979–80, (b) 1980–81 and (c) 1981–82.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of households receiving assistance with the provision of aids is not collected. The number of cases of assistance is given in the following table:

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of households with disabled children receiving assistance with the payment of telephone rentals is not collected. The number of cases of such assistance for children under 16 years is given in the following table.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of households with disabled children receiving assistance with the provision of aids is not collected. The number of cases of such assistance for children under 16 years is given in the following table.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on the number of households with disabled children receiving assistance with the installation of telephones is not collected. The number of cases of such assistance for children under 16 years is given in the following table.

Local Authority Number of cases of assistance Rate per 1,000 children under 16 years
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
Clwyd 1 5 1 0.01 0.06 0.01
Dyfed 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gwent 4 2 0 0.04 0.02 0
Gwynedd 3 1 4 0.06 0.02 0.08
Mid Glamorgan 26 7 13 0.20 0.05 0.10
Powys 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Glamorgan 1 0 1 0.01 0 0.01
West Glamorgan 1 0 3 0.01 0 0.04