§ 55. Mr. Swinglerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child care officers are at present employed by the local authorities; to what extent there is a shortage of trained persons for these posts; how many local authorities have schemes for training child care officers; and which they are.
§ Miss PikeThere are about 1,600 child care officers in post and about half128W of these have no formal qualifications. Courses for the training of child care officers are provided by universities in co-operation with the Central Training Council in Child-Care, and the majority of local authorities provide facilities for the practical training of students on these courses.