§ 38. Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current number of home helps; and what percentage increase this represents since 1970.
§ Sir K. JosephThe number of home helps—whole-time equivalents—employed by local authorities in England at 30th September 1972 was 35, 185. This represents approximately a 19 per cent. increase since 30th September 1970, or an average annual increase of nearly 10 per cent.—whole-time equivalent.