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Dr. J. Dickson Mabon
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his best estimate of the number of permanently and substantially handicapped people who have been newly identified in Scotland by local authorities in each of the last five years.
Mr. William Ross
This information is not available centrally. Returns from local authorities indicate that the numbers of physically handicapped persons who commenced receiving care or assistance from local authority social work departments were as follows:
| 1970 | … | … | … | 6,740 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | 9,719 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | 9,901 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | 14,451 |