§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the annual wastage rates of social work staff, child care officers, family caseworkers, and similar workers, employed by children's departments of
TABLE I FIELD OFFICERS (I.E. OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN LOCAL AUTHORITY CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENTS PRIMARILY ON WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES) WHO LEFT THAT TYPE OF WORK IN THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING ON THE DATE SHOWN 31st March, 1966 31st March, 1967 31st March, 1968 Number who left field work 333 423 513 As a percentage of staff in post at the beginning of the period 16.1 per cent. 17 per cent. 19 per cent.
TABLE II REASONS FOR LEAVING Officers who left field work for the reason stated, expressed as a percentage of the total who left Percentage of total leavers who left for the reason stated Reason for leaving Year ending 31st March, 1966 Year ending 31st March, 1967 Year ending 31st March, 1968 Retirement or death … 3.4 3.5 4.7 Marriage … 8.7 6.8 10.2 Pregnancy … 18.9 17.0 14.4 Promotion … 8.4 72.7* 18.5 Undertaking other child care work … 7.8 11.2 Undertaking other work … 23.1 14.0 Other reasons† … 29.7 27.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Details on a basis comparable with other years are not available. † e.g. further training (other than as an employee), ill health, family reasons, emigration.