§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many meals on wheels are provided daily and lunches supplied to lunch clubs each day in each Scottish region; what this represents for each 1,000 of the retired
Table—Meals on wheels service and lunch clubs by region (year to 31 March 1981) Estimated number of meals served during the year by Meals on wheels service Lunch clubs Population (M + F) 65+ Meals on wheels Meals served in lunch clubs Total Meals (thousands) (thousands) (per 1,000 population) over 65 Borders 50.7 19.8 18,755 2,703.3 1,055.7 3,759.0 Central 101.4 102.8 35,436 2,861.5 2,901.0 5,762.5 Dumfries and Galloway 61.9 7.7 22,877 2,705.8 336.6 3,042.4 Fife 245.2 120.3 48,949 5,009.3 2,457.7 7,467.0 Grampian 140.2 81.8 68,886 2,035.2 1,187.5 3,222.7 Highland 68.3 41.9 27,935 2,444.9 1,499.9 3,944.8 Lothian 325.5 815.2 106,999 3,042.1 7,618.8 10,660.9 Strathclyde 690.0 1,287.2 320,089 2,155.7 4,021.4 6,177.1 Tayside 136.0 102.8 64,352 2,113.4 1,597.5 3,710.9 Orkney* — — 3,213 — — — Shetland 41.2 13.0 3,247 12,688.6 4,003.4 16,692.0 Western Isles 3.0 1.1 5,866 511.4 187.5 698.9 Scotland Total 1,863.4 2,593.6 726,604 2,564.5 3,569.5 6,134.0 * Orkney Islands council has discontinued the meals on wheels service and these persons previously supplied (8 in 1977) are now catered for by the home help service.