HC Deb 08 April 1986 vol 95 cc70-5W
Mr. Robin Cook

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table listing social work authorities with (a) the number of

England—Home Helps, Home Meals, 'Elderly' day centre places. Rates per 1,000 population aged 65 and over—1985 (provisional)
Number of Home Helps per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Home Meals per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Day Care places per 1,000 of populalion aged 65 and over (1)
NORTHERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Cleveland 9.2 3,681.6 7.8
Cumbria 6.8 3,112.6 0.0
Durham 9.5 3,300.5 0.0
Northumberland 9.8 2,675.9 1.4
Metropolitan Districts
Gateshead 10.8 5,235.5 1.3
Newcastle upon Tyne 14.9 6,352.0 4.9
North Tyneside 9.6 7,559.4 0.0
South Tyneside 8.7 2,836.6 13.7
Sunderland 16.7 2,723.0 0.0
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Humberside 8.8 3,521.2 4.5
North Yorkshire 6.1 2,934.9 1.8
Metropolitan Districts
Bamsley 11.3 3,235.8 2.3
Doncaster 12.4 4,100.4 0.0
Rotherham 12.6 2,126.7 13.6
Sheffield 12.0 1,336.3 4.0
Bradford 11.2 2,875.2 1.6
Calderdale 10.7 3,724.2 4.6
Kirklees 9.9 2,041.8 3.6
Leeds 9.8 4,211.9 3.1
Wakefield 8.7 2,360.2 29.9
NORTH WESTERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Cheshire 7.7 2,512.3 1.3
Lancashire 7.0 2,673.5 1.1
Metropolitan Districts
Ballon 9.6 2,710.7 4.0
Bury 8.9 2,770.3 0.0
Manchester 11.4 10,415.9 0.0
Oldham 11.2 1,939.6 1.8
Rochdale 11.8 2,341.9 0.0
Salford 9.1 3,525.1 23.1
Stockport 6.9 4,460.7 0.0
Tameside 12.6 8,010.4 1.9
Trafford 8.1 2,710.7 2.5
Wigan 11.7 4,131.8 1.1
Knowsley 11.7 2,653.4 1.7
Liverpool 8.7 5,279.5 3.2
Sefton 7.2 2,043.3 3.1
St. Helens 16.1 5,111.4 0.0
Wirral 6.1 2,875.4 0.9
WEST MIDLANDS REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Hereford and Worcester 6.4 3,075.7 0.0
Shropshire 4.8 3,148.3 0.0
Staffordshire 7.3 3,898.8 3.2
Warwickshire 7.9 3,808.4 0.6
Metropolitan Districts
Birmingham 9.5 5,409.2 0.7
Coventry 10.4 5,449.7 0.3
Dudley 7.0 3,557.7 5.5
Sandwell 7.3 4,341.6 4.1

home helps, (b) the number of home meals and (c) the number of lunch club places they provide per 1,000 of the elderly population.

Mr. Whitney

The available information about social services authorities in England, which is not in precisely the form requested, is given in the table.

Number of Home Helps per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Home Meals per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Day Care places per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over (1)
Solihull 6.6 2,253.7 4.3
Walsall 6.9 4,537.6 1.4
Wolverharapton 8.8 9,805.2 1.1
EAST MIDLANDS REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Derbyshire 10.7 4,707.1 0.8
Leicestershire 6.2 6,212.0 4.4
Lincolnshire 5.8 2,397.4 0.3
Northamptonshire 4.2 4,051.3 0.3
Nottinghamshire 8.9 9,730.7 4.5
THAMES ANGLIA REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Bedfordshire 6.9 4,545.5 20.0
Berkshire 7.5 4,300.8 4.0
Buckinghamshire 7.2 4,387.2 2.3
Cambridgeshire 6.2 3,669.7 4.4
Essex 5.4 3,685.0 0.0
Hertfordshire 5.1 5,230.0 0.4
Norfolk 5.3 1,809.0 0.5
Oxfordshire 6.2 3,716.5 4.4
Suffolk 4.5 2,160.5 0.0
LONDON CENTRAL
Camden 13.9 10,254.0 3.9
Greenwich 13.3 9,612.5 12.2
Hackney 14.8 9,741.0 1.0
Hammersmith 10.7 11,212.8 1.3
Islington 10.8 11,229.9 9.6
Kensington 6.8 5,751.6 3.2
Lambeth 14.2 13,894.2 23.8
Lewisham 13.9 10,065.5 29.6
Southwark 12.8 10,520.2 21.4
Tower Hamlets 9.9 12,624.5 21.8
Wandsworth 10.4 9,531.7 14.6
Westminster 9.1 6,405.4 0.0
City of London 13.5 7,680.0 0.0
Barking 7.8 5,291.0 0.0
Barnet 4.5 4,286.7 3.7
Bexley 8.7 5,400.5 2.1
Brent 12.4 7,629.4 2.4
Bromley 4.7 3,639.1 3.2
Croydon 5.4 4,828.6 2.4
Ealing 6.1 7,371.4 2.0
Enfield 7.3 5,073.1 6.3
Haringey 15.5 14,319.8 0.9
Harrow 6.7 4,989.9 2.8
Havering 6.8 5,200.6 8.2
Hillingdon 8.2 6,363.0 3.0
Hounslow 5.6 8,868.0 5.4
Kingston-upon-Thames 3.2 5,025.1 6.6
Merton 8.9 6,109.0 6.4
Newham 11.5 6,362.3 6.8
Redbridge 5.1 4,872.7 8.7
Richmond-upon-Thames 5.0 5,295.2 42.1
Sutton 4.3 3,941.1 4.4
Waltham Forest 10.9 4,565.1 1.2
SOUTHERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan Counties
Dorset 4.1 1,611.5 3.5
Hampshire 4.5 2,827.7 1.2
Isle of Wight 3.5 2,200.1 0.0
Kent 4.2 1,693.9 0.8
Surrey 3.0 3,970.1 0.0
East Sussex 4.1 3,113.4 0.6
West Sussex 4.0 3,032.3 0.0
Wiltshire 4.9 2,540.1 3.9
SOUTH WESTERN REGION
Non-Metropolitan counties
Avon 8.0 7,096.3 0.5

Number of Home Helps per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Home Meals per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over Number of Day Care places per 1,000 of population aged 65 and over (1)
Cornwall 4.7 1,744.6 1.1
Devon 4.3 3,581.5 0.9
Gloucestershire 5.4 2,390.3 0.0
Isles of Scilly — — —
Somerset 5.4 2,439.6 0.4
ENGLAND TOTAL 7.4 4,247.7 3.1

(1) The data on LA day centre places do not include the growing number of places in 'mixed' day centres, of which an unspecified number are for the elderly.

(2) The data on home helps which are expressed in whole-time equivalents, relate to the position at 30 September 1985, where available*.

(3) The data on meals relate to the number served during the year ended 31 March 1985, where available*.

(4) The data on places relate to the position at 31 March 1985, where available*.

(5) All the rates are calculated using mid-1984 population estimates.

* Otherwise the data are the latest available.