§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his policy towards private social workers; and if he proposes to control the growth of this practice, and provide for their registra- 54W tion and the possession of proper professional qualifications.
§ Sir George YoungThe private provision of personal social services to those willing and able to pay for them is to be encouraged, in so far as it may afford relief to the statutory and voluntary services. The demand for private provision of social work help is, however, likely to be small, and no question of control or registration of private practice in social work arises at present. We shall, however, keep the situation under review.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his estimate of the number of private social workers and the areas in which they work;
(2) how many local authority social workers are also in private practice.
§ Sir George YoungThe number of persons offering social work for payment is not recorded centrally, but is thought to be extremely small.