HC Deb 03 March 1988 vol 128 cc659-60W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of pensioners in each district authority area in Wales live in(a) sheltered housing and (b) residential care.

Mr. Grist

The estimated proportion of pensioner households living in sheltered housing at 1 April 1986 in each district authority in Wales is given in the table:

Percentage of pensioner households in sheltered accommodation
Welsh districts Percentage
Aberconwy 5.6
Alyn and Deeside 8.5
Arfon 3.7
Blaenau Gwent 2.7
Brecknock 10.7
Cardiff 1.4
Carmarthen 2.5
Ceredigion 2.4
Colwyn 6.6
Cynon Valley 1.1
Delyn 14.2
Dinefwr 1.4
Dwyfor 1.7
Glyndwr 5.8
Islwyn 6.7
Llanelli 4.1
Lliw Valley 4.4
Meirionnydd 2.7
Merthyr Tydfil 4.4
Monmouth 7.6
Montgomeryshire 6.4
Neath 3.4
Newport 6.7
Ogwr 1.7
Port Talbot-Afan 1.2
Preseli 3.9
Radnor 8.1
Rhondda 1.9
Rhuddlan 4.6
Rhymney Valley 6.8
South Pembrokeshire 4.3
Swansea 1.7
Taff-Ely 3.1
Torfaen 8.4
Vale of Glamorgan 2.9
Wrexham Maelor 3.5
Ynys Mon 6.3

Information concerning the proportions in residential accommodation is not available specifically for pensioners, but numbers of men and women aged 65 and over in residential accommodation are shown in the table:

Number of residents aged 65 and above accommodated in local authority private and voluntary residential homes at 31 March 19871
County council Number of residents Percentage of population3
Clwyd 2,828 4.2
Dyfed 1,709 2.9
Gwent 1,303 2.0
Gwynedd 1,598 3.6
Mid Glamorgan 1,656 2.1
Powys 603 3.0
South Glamorgan2 1,958 3.3
West Glamorgan 1,243 2.0
1 Including homes for the elderly, younger physically handicapped, blind, mentally ill and mentally handicapped.
2 Includes two residents accommodated in a voluntary home for alcoholics.
3 Aged 65 and above.