§ 26. Mr. Carterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the efficiency and public standing of social service departments throughout the United Kingdom.
§ Sir K. JosephI am able, of course, to speak only in relation to England. The experience of the last three years has, in my view, amply justified the decision of the Government to carry out the Seebohm reorganisation and to establish social services departments. The way in which the new departments have responded to the challenges of reorganisation, of recent legislation and of mounting evidence of need coupled with the increase in training available offer great encouragement for their future after the reorganisation of local government.