HC Deb 20 July 1994 vol 247 cc295-6W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the latest figures for the number of carers in(a) the parliamentary constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland as a whole.

Mr. Stewart

The 1990 general household survey estimated that there were 150,000 carers in Scotland who were looking after someone with whom they lived, and a further 600,000 carers providing help to people who lived elsewhere. No information on individual local authorities is held centrally.