HC Deb 14 March 1980 vol 980 cc727-8W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient skilled staff will be trained and recruited in all disciplines to meet the demands for health care.

Dr. Vaughan

The Department is in continual contact with health authorities and professional training bodies to ensure that Health Service plans contain an estimate of future requirements for skilled staff, within likely available financial resources, and that, as far as possible, adequate measures are taken to ensure the future supply of these staff.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

In 1978–79, the amounts spent by local authorities of their housing allocations were as follows: