§ Mr. KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by health authority the number of full-time equivalent district nursing posts and the number of potential elderly domiciliary clients, as defined by the Department of the Environment under section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, for 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettInformation on posts is not available centrally; complete information on the number of staff in post is only available for all nursing and midwifery staff, and not for district nurses.
Section 80 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 requires the Secretary of State to report how revenue support grant is distributed between Welsh local authorities. The formulae in Wales do not explicitly refer to "potential elderly domiciliary clients"—the needs of these people being subsumed in a more general allocation procedure.