HC Deb 01 December 1992 vol 215 cc132-3W
Mr. McGrady

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are in receipt of the home help service in each unit of management in the Eastern and Southern health and social services board; and what were the figures for 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 and(b) 5 April 1991 to 31 March 1992.

Mr. Hanley

Information is collected centrally only at one date each year. The number of people in receipt of the home help service in each unit of management of the Eastern and Southern health and social services boards at 31 March 1991 and 31 March 1992, the latest date for which information is available, was as follows:

Community Unit 31 March 1991 31 March 1992
Eastern board
North and West Belfast 3,606 3,501
South and East Belfast 15,569 25,486
North Down and Ards 1,456 21,716
Down and Lisburn 22,444 22,436
Southern board
Craigavon and Banbridge 2,011 1,794
Armagh and Dungannon 1,686 1,687
Newry and Mourne 1,578 1,495
1 This figure includes an extrapolation of data from 1990 as not all the information for 1991 is available.
2 These figures relate to dates in either May or July of the year in question.