§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authority home helps there have been in each of the last 15 years. [16094]
§ Jacqui SmithThe number of home helps (excluding home help organisers) employed by local authorities in England in each of the last 15 years is in the table. Details of the number of contact hours of home help/home care and the households receiving this care are available in the publication "Community Care Statistics 2000: Home help/home care services for adults, England" available at www.doh.gov.uk/stats/hh2000.htm.
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Home helps at 30 September whole time equivalent Number 19851 51,959 19861 53,706 19871 56,336 19881 57,004 19891 56,613 19901 55,805 19911 54,708
Home helps at 30 September whole time equivalent Number 19921 54,254 1993 50,744 1994 52,683 1995 49,811 1996 47,750 1997 46,316 1998 42,883 1999 39,774 2000 35,285 1Figures prior to 1993 include family aides staff. Source:
Department of Health staffing return SSDS001