HC Deb 08 March 1988 vol 129 cc159-60W
20. Mr. Randall

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people with disabilities were registered with their local social services authorities under section 1 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act at the latest date for which figures are available.

103. Mr. Haynes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were registered as disabled with their local authorities at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The latest information available centrally on the number of people with disabilities registered with local authorities Social Service Authorities in England is as follows:

  • In 1984, there were about 1.1 million people registered as physically disabled.
  • In 1986, there were about 192,000 people registered as blind or partially sighted.
  • Also in 1986, there were over 97,000 people registered as deaf or hard of hearing.

22. Mr. Eastham

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people received help under the provisions of section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

This information is not collected centrally. The information that is available relates to the number of meals served and to the number of cases of assistance in England in the year ending 31 March 1986, and the latest figures are:

  • Number of meals served: over 44 million
  • Number of cases of assistance: some 670,000

Further details are available in the publication: "Domiciliary Services, Aids and Adaptations Year Ending 31 March 1986" England: a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

38. Mr. Bidwell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many local authorities are fully meeting their statutory duties to disabled people registered with them under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

74. Mr. Meale

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he takes to ensure that all social services authorities are fulfilling their statutory duties under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

78. Mr. McFall

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he takes to ensure that all social services authorities are fulfilling their statutory duties under section 1 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

85. Dr. Moonie

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that all local social services authorities are meeting their statutory duties under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

Mr. Scott

Responsibility for implementing the Act lies with local authorities. However, the Department receives regular returns on certain services provided under the Act, in addition to information from a number of sources including the social services inspectorate.

49. Mr. Allen McKay

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the adequacy of funds available to local social services authorities for the implementation of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

50. Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the additional resources local social services authorities would need fully to implement the provisions of section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act in respect of all the disabled people registered with them under the Act.

53. Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to increase the resources available to local social services authorities to implement the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

61. Mr. John

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will increase the resources available to local social services authorities to implement the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

Mr. Scott

I am unable to add to my reply to the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Mr. Doran) on 9 February 1988 at column191.