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Mr. Gordon Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the latest figure for the number of home helps per 1,000 old people for each regional council area.
Mr. John MacKay
Provisional information as requested is as follows:
| Region/Islands Council Area | Number of Home Helps1 |
| Borders | 5·8 |
| Central | 12·5 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 9·7 |
| Fife | 15 4 |
| Grampian | 10·2 |
| Highland | 8·5 |
| Lothian | 13·9 |
| Strathclyde | 15·3 |
| Tayside | 8·6 |
| Orkney | 20·1 |
| Shetland | 14·7 |
| Western Isles | 30·3 |
| 1 Whole-time equivalent as at 31 March 1986 per 1,000 population aged 65 or over. | |