§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the total annual expenditure by social 151W services departments in Wales on people with physical and sensory disabilities in each of the last 10 years at 1986–87 prices.
§ Mr. Mark Robinson[pursuant to his reply, 8 May 1987,c. 547]: The information held by the Department does not enable the total cost of all local authority services provided to people with physical and sensory disabilities to be identified.
The following table shows separately the annual current expenditure on residential services for this group of people together with total current expenditure on all other services used by physically and sensorially disabled people but from which an expenditure figure for services used exclusively by this group cannot be separately identified.
Current Expenditure1—Wales (1986–87 prices)2 Year Homes for the younger physically handicapped, blind and deaf All Other relevant services3 £000's £000's 1976–77 1,941 47,156 1977–78 1,958 46,928 1978–79 2,359 48,989 1979–80 2,229 51,373 1980–81 2,440 51,245 1981–82 2,572 51,196 1982–83 2,803 51,006 1983–84 2,916 54,712 1984–85 2,909 55,419 1985–86 2,301 55,752 1Current expenditure is provided net of sales, fees, charges and other income. 2Figures are gross current expenditure revalued to 1986–87 prices using the gross domestic product deflator. 3Comprises expenditure on residential accommodation for the elderly and all adult day care excluding that provided in adult training centres, together with current expenditure on meals, home helps, laundry services, aids, adaptations, telephones and holidays. Expenditure on training administration and field social work is excluded.