HC Deb 14 June 1995 vol 261 cc542-7W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, for each available year since 1970, the number of cases of assistance by local authority social service departments, showing separately for each year(a) the number of telephone installations, (b) telephone adaptations, (c) telephone rentals paid, (d) installations of other communications equipment, (e) television installations, (f) payment of television licences or rentals, (g) the number of radio sets provided, (h) the number of personal aids provided, (i) the number of adaptations to property and (j) the number of holidays provided. [28200]

Mr. Moss

In Northern Ireland, social services are provided by the four health and social service boards. The information requested is not available before 1979.

The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services departments
Board of residence: northern
Types of assistance provided 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Telephone
Installations 446 174 137 148 158 155 208
Attachments installed 7 10 12 15 14 25 23
Rentals 513 847 846 749 678 577 508
Other communication equipment installed 0 1 4 3 6 7 2
Television
Installations 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Licence fees or rentals 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Radio sets supplied 0 0 2 0 1 0 10
Other personal aids 2,405 2,649 2,729 3,006 3,097 3,854 4,051
Adaptations to private property1 337 321 391 681 826 893 832
Holidays n/a n/a 664 259 281 340 346
1 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services department
Board of residence: northern
Types of assistance provided 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94
Telephone
Installations 151 147 199 140 89 109 245 212
Attachments installed 26 19 19 18 13 32 1 2
Rentals 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other communication equipment installed 5 15 14 45 40 137 9 35
Television
Installations 0 0 1 0 13 36 25 0
Licence fees or rentals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radio sets supplied 0 0 11 0 0 0 26 30
Other personal aids 3,789 4,300 14,628 24,374 34,636 3,565 4,854 3,745
Adaptations to private property4 710 959 11,220 2943 1,236 1,350 1,435 817
Holidays 350 153 124 114 72 63 64 17
1 1987 data used for Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle unit of management.
2 Estimated data used for Coleraine, Ballymoney and Moyle unit of management.
31987 data used for Causeway unit of management.
4 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services departments
Board of residence: southern
Types of assistance provided 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Telephone
Installations 60 27 54 47 45 33 41
Attachments installed 1 0 13 12 3 3 4
Rentals 100 114 193 238 256 267 272
Other communication equipment installed 15 17 18 30 47 37 32
Television
Installations 1 3 1 2 0 1 0
Licence fees or rentals 0 2 7 5 6 5 4
Radio sets supplied 16 12 0 14 7 10 7
Other personal aids 913 1,016 1,135 1539 1,991 1,851 1,759
Adaptations to private property2 95 119 167 213 300 407 426
Holidays n/a n/a 209 3102 203 230 211
1 Incomplete return received from Newry and Mourne unit management.
2 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
3 Information not available for Newry and Mourne unit of management.
Available information for each health and social services board is as follows:
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services department
Board of residence: southern
Types of assistance provided 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–941
Telephone
Installations 32 39 47 59 51 64 92 79
Attachments installed 10 7 4 26 30 35 39 60
Rentals 286 309 306 277 306 310 255 314
Other communication equipment
installed 51 57 115 115 95 168 308 434
Television
Installations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Licence fees or rentals 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0
Radio sets supplied 9 13 7 6 9 11 17 0
Other personal aids 2,381 2,369 2,525 1,512 1,554 1,830 3,041 1,845
Adaptations to private property2 582 723 764 1,370 957 946 823 934
Holidays 208 213 136 132 140 197 21 12
1 Provisional data.
2 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services departments
Board of residence: eastern
Types of assistance provided 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Telephone
Installations 537 583 362 258 480 344 153
Attachments installed 28 6 10 6 4 3 3
Rentals 540 1,221 1,759 2,029 2,375 2,644 2,153
Other communication equipment installed 92 57 59 38 57 50 82
Television
Installations 5 51 7 4 2 2 0
Licence fees or rentals 5 43 118 102 101 81 60
Radio sets supplied 168 240 0 2 0 0 0
Other personal aids 3,781 4,317 5,072 5,247 7,066 5,072 15,392
Adaptations to private property2 244 291 699 1,075 1,821 1,587 1,920
Holidays n/a n/a 884 932 1,546 1,881 1,282
1 Data not available for North Down and Ards unit of management.
2 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services department
Board of residence: Eastern
Types of assistance provided 1986 1987 11988–89 21989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 31993–94
Telephone
Installations 111 76 85 48 80 46 79 82
Attachments installed 2 1 2 3 0 55 74 94
Rentals 360 0 0 78 0 0 0 0
Other communication equipment
Installed 56 22 72 5 177 216 15 287
Television
Installations 0 0 0 0 35 30 0 0
Licence fees or rentals 52 20 1 0 7 31 320 321
Radio sets supplied 0 0 0 0 0 88 140 116
Other personal aids 5,236 6,891 46,891 58,826 11,765 5,221 6,926 6,982
Adaptations to private property6 2,038 71,814 1,664 1,532 82,820 2,340 1,713 1,513
Holidays 1,094 1,059 457 9232 10262 105 106 112
1 Includes 1987 data for South Belfast unit of management.
2 Data not available for South Belfast unit of management.
3 Provisional data.
4 1987 data used for all units of management.
5 Estimated (1987) data used for East Belfast and castlereagh unit of management.
6 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Norther Ireland Housing Executive.
7 Includes 1986 data for East Belfast and Castlereagh unit of management.
8 1989–90 data used for all units of management.
9 Data not available for Down and Lisburn unit of management.
10 Data not available for South and East Belfast and Down and Lisburn units of management.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services departments
Board of residence: Western
Types of assistance provided 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Telephone
Installations 128 147 109 132 186 249 127
Attachments installed 1 1 5 3 2 7 11
Rentals 225 344 620 718 795 914 890
Other communication equipment installed 11 2 19 7 8 16 29
Television
Installations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Licence fees or rentals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radio sets supplied 32 6 8 6 7 17 28
Other personal aids 434 237 248 308 433 575 462
Adaptations to private property1 24 23 19 34 25 33 68
Holidays n/a n/a 291 357 342 389 305
1 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
The number of cases of assistance to persons by the social services department
Board of residence: Western
Types of assistance provided 1986 1987 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 11993–94
Telephone
Installations 40 59 70 83 93 82 68 140
Attachments installed 6 4 34 69 3 3 2 1
Rentals 787 668 557 429 613 572 514 441
Other communication equipment
installed 13 51 56 3 0 0 15 14
Television
Installations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Licence fees or rentals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Radio sets supplied 44 67 151 0 57 0 0 0
Other personal aids 487 447 873 864 2772 860 1,165 1,317
Adaptations to private property3 92 115 135 153 274 277 333 220
Holidays 103 75 93 76 300 350 400 460
1 Provisional data.
2 Does not include adaptations carried out by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
3 Foyle unit of management data incomplete.