§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of the establishment of social workers under directors of social work in the regions of England; how many vacancies exist, as at the most convenient recent date; and how many places are currently filled by trained and untrained social workers, respectively.
§ Mr. Alec JonesIn my reply of 17th April to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. Woof)—[Vol. 890, c.164.]
239W—I was able to give provisional figures for the total number of staff employed in local authority social services deparements in England as at 30th September 1974. I regret, however, that the available statistics for 1974 do not at present provide the degree of detail requested by the hon.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Whole-time staff Part-time staff Region Establishment Qualified Unqualified Qualified Unqualified Whole-time equivalent of 3–6 Vacancies Northern … 718 180 454 5 34 653 65 Yorkshire … 951 232 607 7 29 858 93 North Western … 1,592 418 1,068 28 80 1,543 49 West Midlands … 1,251 400 644 27 64 1,094 157 East Midlands … 831 303 409 21 38 741 90 London North (between London and the Midlands) … 1,282 501 514 65 117 1,110 172 London … 2,886 963 1,430 72 150 2,512 374 Southern … 1,305 417 470 43 107 1,162 143 South Western … 708 303 331 16 18 651 57 Totals … 11,523 3,717 6,127 283 637 10,323 1,200