§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each available year since 1970, the number of cases of assistance by local authority social 571W services departments, showing separately for each year (a) the number of telephone installations, (b) telephone adaptions, (c) telephone rentals paid, (d) installations of other communications equipment, (e) television installations, (f) payment of television licenses or rentals,
Assistance provided by local authority social services departments in Wales1 Year ending 31 March Telephone installations Telephone adaptions Telephone rentals paid Installations of other communications equipment Television installations Payment of television licences or rentals Radio sets provided Other personal aids provided Adaptions to property Holidays provided Households receiving assistance 1975 1,274 41 2,258 35 242 561 216 9,405 2,238 1,757 1976 837 46 4,802 132 87 2,036 235 10,974 2,560 1,796 1977 368 15 5,321 164 1 1,967 223 9,903 2,533 1,615 1978 827 23 5,195 120 22 1,779 165 12,709 2,751 l,,406 1979 1,284 46 5,350 204 23 1,517 184 15,276 3,231 1,592 Cases of assistance: 1980 1,438 71 6,893 220 24 1,304 103 12,772 1,872 3,721 1981 847 20 4,026 174 10 246 115 15,656 944 3,255 1982 999 64 3,933 123 4 231 178 16,232 1,781 3,175 1983 911 281 5,511 139 9 281 105 18,031 2,639 3,383 1984 1,532 292 6,921 113 6 158 130 25,495 3,585 3,427 1985 1,335 280 7,780 132 3 126 143 22,250 3,741 3,433 1986 1,559 308 8,719 291 4 141 131 23,280 4,521 3,469 1987 1.603 405 9,688 502 39 149 133 23,755 4,733 3,503 1988 1,138 257 9,897 503 1 87 114 23,942 5,967 3,379 1989 1,527 442 10,386 529 1 117 126 25,790 5,547 3,265 1990 1,390 680 10,299 706 — 142 112 24,475 6,719 3,279 1991 1,247 760 10,490 696 2 112 161 25,635 7,241 3,124 1992 1,360 880 10,483 564 — 105 197 27,272 8,361 3,211 1993 1,234 756 10,569 880 1 95 200 26,973 9,943 3,376 1994 1,165 23,549 10,396 1,277 2 92 159 34,111 8,918 2,581 1 Data for the period 1975 to 1979 relates to the number of households receiving assistance. Data for the period 1980 to 1994 relate to the number of cases of assistance. The figures are therefore not comparable. 2Includes installation of connections to community alarm systems.