HC Deb 14 July 1986 vol 101 cc420-1W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, pursuant to his reply of 2 May, Official Report, columns 517–8, he will provide such information as is available on local authority and health authority services for those aged over 65 years in such form as is available.

Mr. Whitney

[pursuant to his reply, 30 June 1986, c. 435]: A list of documents held in the Library, from which relevant information for England can be drawn, is as follows. Figures for Scotland and Wales are a matter for my right hon. Friends, the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales.

Social Services Committee Reports on Public Expenditure on the Social Services (1979/80—1984/85).

Department of Health and Social Security Health Service Costing Returns (1979/80—1984/85)*. Forms SH3: Regional and National Summaries (1979—1984)*. Tables giving numbers of Health Visitors, District Nurses and Chiropodists (1979—1984)†.

Personal Social Services—Local Authority Statistics for England: Meals Services" (1978/79, 1979/80). Domiciliary Services — Meals, Aids and Adaptations (1980/81—1982/83). Adult Training Centres for the Mentally Handicapped and Day Centres for the Mentally Ill, the Elderly and the Younger Physically Handicapped". (As at 31 March 1979—1983). Staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments". (As at 30 September 1979—1984). The Statistics of Residential Accommodation for the Elderly and for Younger Physically Handicapped People". (As at 31 March 1981, 1983, 1984).

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Population and Vital Statistics. Local and Health Authority summary (1979—1984)‡. Hospital In-patient Enquiry Main Tables (1979—1983)*.

Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. Statistical Information Service Personal Social Services—Actuals (1978/79—1984/85). * These publications, contain analyses by regional health authority. Corresponding analyses by district health authority could only be provided at disproportionate cost. † These tables contain analyses by district health authority for 1984 but only by regional authority for earlier years. Analyses by district health authority for all years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. ‡ Separate figures for the 65 and over age group are given only in the 1984 volume.