HC Deb 26 March 1974 vol 871 c67W
31. Mr. Madel

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans she has for increasing the recruitment of people into local authorities' personal social services departments in 1974.

Mrs. Castle

The scale of recruitment to social services departments in England in 1974 will be governed by the resources available and by the decisions which the local authorities themselves make in allocating these resources to the staffing and other needs of their social services.