§ Mr. Robertsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) by what number each regionl authority is short of qualified social workers in accordance with the recommendations contained in the 166W report of the Staffing Committee of the Advisory Council on Social Work, issued in 1074;
(2) what is the number of qualified and unqualified social workers, excluding management, employed by each of the regional authorities in Scotland;
(3) to what extent it is now the policy of regional local authorities in Scotland to employ unqualified social workers in preference to qualified social workers.
§ Mr. McElhoneI would refer the hon. Member to my reply of 26th May.—[Vol. 912, c.253–4.]