§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of district nurse service contacts with persons aged 65 years and over in each district health authority area in Wales, per 1,000 population aged over 65 years in that area, together with the corresponding figure for Wales as a whole for the most recent available year.
§ Mr. GristThe latest available information is given in the table:
Number of persons treated by district nurses at least once during 1988, aged 65 and over per 1,000 population aged 65 and over. Health Authority Numbers Clwyd 276.9 East Dyfed 148.0 Gwent 172.2 Gwynedd 196.4 Mid Glamorgan 408.8 Pembrokeshire 160.3 Powys 385.9 South Glamorgan1 381.1 West Glamorgan 235.7 WALES 272.9 1 1987 figures have been used as 1988 data are not available and the available data used to calculate Wales figures.