§ Mr. Garrettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give figures showing the amount of crime recorded and cleared up in England and Wales in 1967 and a comparison with 1966.
§ Mr. Callaghan:The following table gives the figures for indictable offences known to the police in England and Wales in 1966 and provisional figures for 1967:
Training council for Child Care that on 30th September, 1963, local authority residential nurseries in England and Wales provided 1,908 child care posts, of which 113 were then vacant. An inquiry by the Social Survey showed that on 1st August, 1961 there were 3,046 resident full-time houseparents and assistants in local authority children's homes in England and Wales and 351 vacancies in these grades. I regret that no similar information is available for hostels.
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§ Lord Balnielasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of staff in residential nurseries, children's homes and hostels who hold the Certificate of Residential Child Care or the Certificate of Nursery Nurses Examination Board.
§ Mr. Taverne:I estimate that between 10 and 15 per cent. of the housemothers and assistant housemothers in local authority children's homes in England and Wales hold the Certificate in the Residential Care of Children, and about 40 per cent. of the staff in residential nurseries the Certificate of the National Nursery Examination Board.
§ Lord Balnielasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give figures showing the number of students attending courses leading to the award of the Certificate in Residential Child Care; and whether he will make a statement as to his plans for increasing the number of places on such courses.
§ Mr. Taverne:The number of students attending basic and advanced courses is at present 328. This will be increased to 420 if there are sufficient suitable applicants.