§ 33. Mrs. Knightasked the Minister of Health what was the total number of home helps employed by local health authorities at the latest available date; and what estimate he has made of the shortage of home helps in England and Wales as a whole.
§ Mr. Snow:Thirty thousand, two hundred arid forty-four (in whole-time equivalents) in England and Wales at 30th September, 1966. On the second part of the hon. Member's Question I would refer her to my right hon. Friend's reply on 5th February to the hon. Member for Farnham (Mr. Maurice Macmillan).—[Vol. 758, c.15.]