§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has about the inflation-adjusted cost of the home help service in the constituency of Batley and Spen for each of the years from 1974 to 1986, respectively.
§ Mr. Newton[holding answer 16 November 1987]: It is not possible to produce information about the expenditure on home-help services in the constituency of Batley and Spen. Information in respect of the borough of Kirklees is given in the table which shows the net cost of providing home-helps for each financial year revalued to 1987–88 prices.
Year net expenditure £000 1974–75 2,480 1975–76 2,553 1976–77 2,445 1977–78 2,427 1978–79 2,501 1979–80 2,576 1980–81 2,512 1981–82 2,536 1982–83 2,851 1983–84 3,269 1984–85 3,266 1985–86 3,330