Child Care Officers

HC Deb 20 December 1966 vol 738 c284W

Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many qualified child care officers, per thousand of the population aged under 18 years, are employed by local authorities in England and Wales.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Of the 2,431 whole-time child care officers employed in England and Wales on 31st March last, 667, representing 5.1 for every 100,000 of the estimated population under the age of 18, possessed the Letter of Recognition of the Central Training Council in Child Care. A further 748 possessed other relevant qualifications (e.g. a university degree, diploma, or certificate in social science, or the Home Office Declaration of Recognition of Experience) and, including these, the figure became 10-9 for every 100,000.