§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the expenditure on personal social services for disabled people in each year since 1970. [28210]
§ Mr. BowisThe information identified as relating to disabled persons is shown in the table. In addition, other areas of social services spending not specifically identified as being for disabled persons will benefit them as well as other client groups.
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Gross expenditure1 on disabled people 1972–73 to 1993–94, England £000s Residential homes for younger physically disabled Day andoccupational centres Adaptions to homes Disability equipment Total 1972–73 3,652 n/a 1,095 890 n/a 1973–74 5,065 n/a 1,982 1,190 n/a 1974–75 8,909 n/a 2,767 1,829 n/a 1975–76 12,094 n/a 3,475 2,253 n/a 1976–77 14,611 n/a 3,207 2,752 n/a 1977–78 17,977 n/a 3,287 3,358 n/a 1978–79 20,881 n/a 4,070 4,449 n/a 1979–80 25,300 n/a 3,975 4,594 n/a 1980–81 32,085 n/a 4,339 5,172 n/a 1981–82 36,751 n/a 4,817 6,159 n/a 1982–83 42,299 n/a 5,441 7,802 n/a 1983–84 47,437 n/a 6,494 9,326 63,257 1984–85 50,709 n/a 6,895 11,531 69,134 1985–86 45,697 n/a 7,903 12,653 66,252 1986–87 37,384 n/a 10,085 15,421 62,891 1987–88 39,941 40,662 13,387 16,328 110,319 1988–89 46,918 43,902 13,341 17,329 121,490 1989–90 51,794 50,068 14,397 20,401 136,660 1990–91 60,952 54,917 17,929 21,395 155,193 1991–92 63,416 59,979 12,356 24,936 160,687 1992–93 66,012 65,166 12,709 26,501 170,388 1993–94 73,114 66,259 18,366 34,431 192,170 1Excluding overhead costs eg for administration and training which cannot be apportioned for the years given. 1. Data for years marked "n/a" are not available.