asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on the provision of aids for the disabled;(2) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on the provision of aids for the blind;(3) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on the provision of telephones for the elderly;
(4) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on the provision for children in care;
(5) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on help to the voluntary organisations in the social service sector;
(6) how much was spent last year in each of the non-metropolitan district councils on provision of intermediate treatment.
The provision of personnal social services in the English non-metropolitan districts is principally the responsibility of the non-metropolitan county councils. The districts have limited powers to provide personal social services; their total expenditure amounts to around £5 million a year and comprehensive information on it is not held centrally. Details of expenditure by non-metropolitan counties, over £700 million net in 1980–81, is given in the publication "Personal Social Services Statistics 1980–81 Actuals" published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. Information on the spending by each county in each non-metropolitan district is not held centrally.