§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hours of home help service were provided by local authority social services departments in each year from 1979–80 to 1989–90.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyInformation about hours of home help service is not collected centrally. The numbers of home helps employed by social services departments in England in whole-time equivalent terms at 30 September in each year are set out in the table.
Number 1979 44,660 1980 46,637 1981 46,541 1982 47,310 1983 49,326 1984 50,561 1985 51,959 1986 53,706 1987 56,336 1988 57,004