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Services for Youth and the Elderly
78.
The phased introduction of services for young people and the
elderly set out in the 1979 White Paper "Social Welfare into the 1980's"
is continuing. The Secretary for Social Services will give details of
the progress being made in providing new Community and Youth Centres and
manning them, and the expansion of the various forms of personal social
work. The importance of the latter has been underlined by the Working
Group on Juvenile Crime.
79.
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Members will be particularly interested in progress in
provision for elderly persons not supported by families. All new housing
estates of 3,000 flats or above will now include accommodation for an
old people's hostel with a capacity of 150. This should bring the
number of hostel and home places in public housing from the present
1,475 to about 7,000 by 1988/89 or a total of about 10,600 if provision
outside further housing estates is included. The special quota for
elderly persons applying for public housing in groups will continue to
provide 300 units more each year. In addition, 2,000 new places in
Care and Attention Homes will be provided by 1983/84. Other services
such as day care centres, home helpers, multi-service centres and social
centres are being further developed.
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