§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is, for each year since 1978, the number of public sector completions in Wales of (a) flats/flatlets for the elderly, (b) bungalows for the elderly, (c) sheltered dwellings for the elderly, (d) wheelchair housing for the disabled and (e) mobility housing for the disabled; and if he will give similar figures for starts.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsInformation relating to specially designed (wheelchair) and mobility dwellings for the disabled is as follows. Data in respect of accommodation for the elderly is not available in the form requested.
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Specially designed (wheelchair) dwellings Mobility dwellings Starts Completions Starts Completions 1978 33 18 26 10 1979 15 16 8 14
Specially designed (wheelchair) dwellings Mobility dwellings Starts Completions Starts Completions 1980 11 16 37 20 1981 4 9 20 53 1982 23 11 116 72 1983 33 7 112 109
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give in constant price terms total spending in Wales on (a) aids for the disabled and (b) adaptations to property in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table:
£000 Aids for the disabled Adaptations to property 1978–79 356 265 1979–80 341 417 1980–81 315 318 1981–82 310 366 *1982–83 324 332 * Provisional. The cash figures for each year have been transformed into 1982–83 prices using the gross domestic product deflator. The table shows expenditure incurred by social services departments; expenditure by housing authorities on adaptations to their own dwellings is not centrally available.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) aids and (b) adaptations to property were provided for the disabled in Wales in each of the last five
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is given in the following table:
Aids Adaptations to property Number of households 1979 15,276 3,231 Number of cases 1980 12,772 1,872 1981 15,656 944 1982 16,232 1,781 1983 18,031 2,639
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many telephones were installed in the homes of elderly and disabled people and in respect of how many telephones rentals were paid in Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe number of households where assistance was provided for the installation or rental of telephones in Wales is given in the following table:
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Assistance with installation rental 1979 1,284 5,350 1980 1,438 6,893 1981 847 4,026 1982 999 3,933 1983 1,223 5,876
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many holidays were provided for elderly and disabled people in Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe numbers of persons who received assistance in the provision of holidays in Wales in each year ending 31 March, for the last five years for which information is available, were:—
Year Numbers 1979 1,592 1980 3,721 1981 3,255 1982 3,175 1983 3,383 Some of these persons may not have been elderly or disabled.