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Mr. Geraint Howells
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of home helps per 1,000 of the retired population in each county and district respectively; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nicholas Edwards
The numbers of home helps per 1,000 of the retired population in each county in Wales at 30 September 1978 were as in the following table. Figures in respect of districts are not availale.
| Number of home helps—whole-time equivalents—per 1,000 of the retired population.(*) | |
| Area | |
| Clwyd | 4·2 |
| Dyfed | 4·3 |
| Gwent | 8·0 |
| Gwynedd | 6·1 |
| Mid-Glamorgan | 7·6 |
| Powys | 6·6 |
| South Glamorgan | 5·7 |
| West Glamorgan | 4·3 |
| Wales | 5·8 |
| (*) Men aged 65 and over, women aged 60 and over at 30 June 1978. | |