HC Deb 14 June 1995 vol 261 cc590-1W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will, list for each available year since 1970, the number of cases of assistance by local authority social 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 licences or rentals, (g) the number of radio sets provided, (h) the number of other personal aids provided, (i) the number of adaptions to property and (j) the number of holidays provided.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The table gives the number of cases of assistance between 1979 and 1993. Complete data prior to 1979 are not available. The categories match as closely as possible to those requested.

Material provision by Scottish Social Work Departments
Number of cases, by year
Year Ended Telephone installations Telephone attachments installed Telephone rentals paid Alarm systems installed (with and without speech) Television installations Payment of television licences or rentals Radio sets provided Aids to daily living Adaptations to property Holidays provided
1979 864 n/a 1,975 n/a 119 2,796 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1980 817 n/a 2,179 n/a 112 3,316 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1981 674 n/a 2,993 n/a 154 3,874 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1982 490 n/a 2,682 n/a 1301 3,885 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1983 526 n/a 2,016 n/a 156 3,378 n/a n/a n/a n/a
1984 674 n/a 2,032 n/a 0 870 n/a 24,110 219,387 2,000
1985 751 n/a 2,140 n/a 129 51 n/a 247,326 21,276 2,733
19863 733 123 2,233 44,215 35 235 117 246,602 19,510 3,406
19875 833 163 4,486 64,186 27 1,810 89 748,127 19,328 2,741
19885 913 192 2,013 62,261 33 9,365 89 755,810 21,418 3,121
19895 372 106 1,294 85,762 4 9,945 47 926,064 11,022 1,088
199010 508 158 1,249 7,263 2 10,248 13 1128,894 1112,556 111,285
199112 350 308 1,116 144,280 3 11,637 81 1337,832 1312,550 1,392
199215 394 123 276 5,950 6 5,036 104 55,614 31,304 1,300
199316 346 226 288 6,718 1 4,976 81 45,692 28,910 1,116
1 Includes radio.
2 Lothian figures for 1983.
3 Strathclyde figures use 1985 figures for Glasgow.
4 Excludes Strathclyde and Tayside.
5 Strathclyde figures are for 1986.
6 Excludes Strathclyde.
7 Lothian figure estimated.
8 Excludes Shetland.
9 Lothian figures are for clients rather than cases.
10 Excludes Strathclyde, and Central and Orkney figures for 1989.
11 Lothian figures are for 1989, and adaptions and holidays figures are for West Lothian only.
12 Excludes Strathclyde, and Borders figures for 1990.
13 Lothian figures are for 1989 and the adaptations figure is for West Lothian only.
14 Lothian figures are for 1990.
15 Excludes Strathclyde and uses 1990 figures for Borders and 1991 figures for Fife.
16 Excludes Strathclyde and Borders, and uses 1992 figures for Lothian.