HC Deb 26 March 1987 vol 113 c253W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the latest figure for the number of home helps per 1,000 old people for each regional council area.

Mr. John MacKay

Provisional information as requested is as follows:

Region/Islands Council Area Number of Home Helps1
Borders 5.8
Central 12.5
Dumfries and Galloway 9.7
Fife 15 4
Grampian 10.2
Highland 8.5
Lothian 13.9
Strathclyde 15.3
Tayside 8.6
Orkney 20.1
Shetland 14.7
Western Isles 30.3
1 Whole-time equivalent as at 31 March 1986 per 1,000 population aged 65 or over.

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