§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what percentage of the resident staff in residential establishments for the old and for children in care leave each year;
(2) what percentage of the resident staff in old people's residential establishments leave after the first year of work
(3) what percentage of resident staff in residential homes for the old and for children have had training.
§ Mr. AlisonInformation about the qualifications and movements of staff of residential establishments for the old is not at present collected centrally. As regards establishments for children in care, the available information, from returns for the two years ending 31st March, 1971, is that in England and Wales nearly 40 per cent. of the full-time. resident or non-resident, care staff moved each year, either to other posts in residential social work or out of this field of work; and that on 31st March, 1971, 21 per cent. of the full-time care staff in post had had professional training in residential child care or in teaching or nursing.