To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what percentage of persons aged 65 years and over received home help service in each local authority in Wales since 1980; and what estimate he has made of the likely change in these figures as a result of changes in community care.

The information is shown in the following table:

Persons aged 65 and over receiving home help
	Clwyd	Dyfed	Gwent	Gwynedd	Mid Glamorgan	Powys	South Glamorgan	West Glamorgan	Wales
(a) Numbers1
1980	3,401	3,640	6,567	2,946	11,044	1,006	5,585	4,773	38,962
1981	4,063	3,707	6,775	3,065	11,160	923	5,343	5,024	40,060
1982	4,252	4,001	6,867	3,319	11,898	794	5,816	5,107	42,054
1983	4,437	3,983	7,409	3,438	12,863	808	7,118	5,794	45,850
1984	4,496	3,752	7,769	3,309	13,177	906	6,373	6,588	46,370
1985	4,618	3,891	6,512	3,256	13,661	860	7,095	7,154	47,047
1986	5,031	4,134	8,136	3,557	14,009	873	7,298	7,742	50,780
1987	5,128	4,452	8,559	3,297	14,237	979	7,559	8,009	52,220
1988	5,661	3,869	9,643	2,997	16,431	952	5,208	7,526	52,287
1989	5,878	4,956	9,713	3,273	16,711	986	5,249	6,837	53,603
(b) As a percentage2
1980	5.2	6.7	10.6	7.0	14.7	5.3	9.9	8.4	9.0
1981	6.1	6.6	10.7	7.1	14.7	4.8	9.4	8.7	9.1
1982	6.3	7.2	10.9	7.6	15.6	4.2	10.1	8.7	9.5
1983	6.6	7.0	11.6	8.0	16.9	4.2	12.4	10.0	10.4
1984	6.7	6.6	12.4	7.7	17.4	4.7	11.1	11.2	10.6
1985	6.9	6.8	10.3	7.6	18.0	4.6	12.3	12.3	10.7
1986	7.5	7.0	12.6	8.2	18.2	4.5	12.5	12.9	11.3
1987	7.5	7.5	12.9	7.5	18.1	4.9	12.7	13.2	11.4
1988	8.2	6.4	14.2	6.8	20.5	4.7	8.5	12.2	11.2
1989	8.5	8.0	14.1	7.3	20.7	4.8	8.5	11.0	11.4
1 During the year ended 31 March.
2 Expressed as a percentage of estimated population aged 65 and over at 30 June in preceding year.

Changes in patterns and volumes of care will take place on the basis of social care plans which are to be produced by social services authorities working with health authorities and other interests and which are to be published by April 1991.