§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if her Department will publicise the work of the Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children and, in particular, its aim of helping the parents of handicapped children to deal qiuckly and effectively with the organisations, statutory and voluntary alike, available to assist them;
(2) what representations her Department has received from the Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children; if she will take steps to help the council; and if she will make a statement.
England 1970 1971 1972 1973 Administrative Staff … … … … 8,811 9,624 10,410 11,339 Hospital Consultants … … … … 7,592 8,205 8,501 8,988 Hospital Doctors … … … … 13,796 14,343 15,174 15,841 Nurses and Midwives … … … … 237,350 247,008 263,308 266,991 Ancillary … … … … 188,450 193,348 193,527 188,387 I regret that the information requested is not yet available for 1974.
Notes: 1. Administrative staff figures exclude secretarial, clerical and other specialised grades within the Administrative and Clerical Group; numbers relate to those employed in the former Hospital Boards, Hospital Management Committees, Boards of Governors and Executive Councils only. 2. All figures used relate to whole time equivalents.