Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons Act (Provision Of Telephones)

Mr. Joseph Dean
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of telephones per head of population, provided by each of the six largest metropolitan district councils, under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act.

Mr. Prentice
The number of households per thousand population in which each of the six largest metropolitan district councils provided assistance with telephone installations and/or rentals in the year ending 31 March 1979 was as follows:------------------
|Birmingham|…|…|…|
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|Bradford  |…|…|…|
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|Leeds     |…|…|…|
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|Liverpool |…|…|…|
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|Manchester|…|…|…|
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|Sheffield |…|…|…|
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