Social Workers

HC Deb 21 March 1984 vol 56 cc508-12W

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what, according to the latest figures available, is the number of (i) home helps, (ii) health visitors, (iii) community nurses, (iv) meals on wheels workers and (v) social workers, all in whole-time equivalents, in each local authority; what, in each case, is the ratio per 1,000 elderly people over 65 years in that local authority; and what were the equivalent figures in 1978–79.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 8 November 1983, c. 81.]: The best information available to our Department about home helps and social workers in each local authority is shown in the following table:

	(i) as at 30 September 1978	(ii) as at 30 September 1982
	Home Helps WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65	Social Workers WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65	Home Helps WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65	Social Workers WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65
Wakefield	416.0	10.3	177.5	4.4	335.0	8.1	222.1	5.4
North Western Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Cheshire	888.0	7.6	373.5	3.2	777.4	6.3	364.4	3.0
Lancashire	1,359.9	5.9	512.0	2.2	1,448.9	6.2	609.7	2.7
Metropolitan County—
Greater Manchester
Bolton	331.0	8.8	97.0	2.6	320.0	8.5	127.0	3.4
Bury	166.0	6.8	68.8	2.8	164.0	6.3	68.8	2.7
Manchester	713.1	9.5	446.6	6.0	650.4	9.2	418.1	5.9
Oldham	402.0	12.4	107.5	3.3	325.6	10.1	116.0	3.6
Rochdale	257.6	9.1	120.0	4.3	317.0	11.3	132.0	4.7
Salford	352.9	9.3	129.9	3.4	326.5	8.5	126.0	3.3
Stockport	240.4	6.0	112.5	2.8	271.0	6.4	143.9	3.4
Tameside	354.0	11.4	83.0	2.7	312.2	9.7	103.1	3.3
Trafford	273.9	8.6	96.5	3.0	244.0	7.6	87.9	2.8
Wigan	261.2	9.1	130.0	3.3	484.9	11.8	132.5	3.3
Merseyside
Knowsley	200.0	11.0	105.0	5.8	189.5	10.8	96.0	5.5
Liverpool‡	510.0	6.1	426.9	5.1	510.0	6.4	426.9	5.4
Sefton	310.0	7.0	125.5	2.8	325.0	6.9	136.4	2.9
St. Helens	349.0	14.9	75.5	3.2	379.8	15.4	89.0	3.6
Wirral	325.0	6.3	129.5	2.5	298.4	5.5	168.4	3.1
West Midlands Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Hereford and Worcester	514.5	6.1	244.8	2.9	537.0	5.9	238.3	2.7
Salop	230.0	4.3	131.5	2.5	252.6	4.7	135.4	2.6
Staffordshire*	920.0	7.5	377.2	3.1	958.0	7.4	365.5	2.8
Warwickshire	512.0	8.9	157.5	2.7	525.0	8.3	163.5	2.6
Metropolitan County—
West Midlands
Birmingham	979.0	6.6	624.1	4.2	1,313.5	9.0	706.7	4.8
Coventry	372.5	8.8	222.1	5.3	389.6	9.0	242.4	5.6
Dudley	190.0	5.0	94.8	2.5	266.0	6.7	122.6	3.1
Sandwell	282.8	6.3	131.5	2.9	305.0	6.7	133.5	3.0
Solihull	107.5	5.3	58.6	2.9	124.9	5.5	65.1	2.9
Walsall║	169.0	5.3	97.0	3.1	202.0	6.2	134.0	4.1
Wolverhampton	230.0	6.6	110.3	3.2	271.0	7.7	145.8	4.2
East Midlands Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Derbyshire	829.0	6.4	372.9	2.9	1,059.5	7.8	457.7	3.4
Leicestershire*	717.6	6.5	329.8	3.0	730.0	6.3	340.1	3.0
Lincolnshire	464.7	6.0	210.1	2.7	491.3	5.7	207.3	2.4
Northamptonshire	318.3	4.6	197.6	2.9	356.0	4.8	223.5	3.0
Nottinghamshire¶	1,010.7	7.5	480.5	3.6	1,010.7	7.2	480.5	3.5
London North Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Bedfordshire	329.0	6.0	201.0	3.7	334.0	5.7	212.2	3.6
Berkshire	535.8	6.8	239.0	3.0	549.8	6.7	264.0	3.2
Buckinghamshire	300.5	4.9	156.7	2.6	396.5	6.0	192.1	2.9
Cambridgeshire	432.0	6.0	216.0	3.0	475.6	5.9	237.5	3.0
Essex*	1,011.1	5.1	541.9	2.7	1,171.0	5.5	553.5	2.6
Hertfordshire	580.0	5.0	357.7	3.1	563.1	4.5	364.0	2.9
Norfolk	563.0	5.1	265.4	2.4	592.7	4.8	305.9	2.5
Oxfordshire†	449.0	7.1	184.5	2.9	429.6	6.1	219.0	3.1
Suffolk	474.9	5.4	181.2	2.1	465.0	4.7	204.8	2.1
Inner London Region
Camden	395.0	12.8	283.3	9.2	377.4	13.4	274.4	9.7
Greenwich║	363.8	11.7	137.4	4.4	363.7	11.3	162.1	51
Hackney†	390.2	12.6	171.5	5.5	388.1	14.6	157.6	6.0
Hammersmith	250.7	8.9	198.4	7.0	260.6	10.7	173.5	7.2
Islington	227.1	8.5	153.3	5.8	236.9	9.9	180.5	7.6
Kensington	132.0	5.7	149.4	6.5	122.9	6.3	172.1	8.8
Lambeth¶	439.5	10.5	323.2	7.7	439.5	12.3	323.2	9.0
Lewisham	474.8	11.9	283.4	7.1	390.9	10.3	299.8	7.9
Southwark	421.0	11.3	318.0	8.5	377.6	10.8	259.0	7.5
Tower Hamlets	206.5	8.6	231.7	9.7	210.1	9.7	179.9	8.3
Wandsworth	411.3	9.4	395.8	9.0	411.9	10.0	296.2	7.2

	(i) as at 30 September 1978	(ii) as at 30 September 1982
	Home Helps WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65	Social Workers WTE	Rate per '000 population over 65	Home Helps WTE	Kate per '000 population over 65	Social Workers WTE	Rate per 000 population over 65
Westminster	255.0	6.6	224.8	5.8	239.2	7.8	170.2	5.6
City of London	8.0	16.0	16.1	32.2	9.6	16.1	16.6	27.7
Outer London
Barking	185.0	7.3	55.0	2.2	194.0	7.7	57.0	2.3
Barnet	198.4	4.1	128.2	2.6	186.9	3.8	116.8	2.4
Bexley	188.0	6.3	100.7	3.4	252.8	8.3	97.8	3.2
Brent	211.0	5.4	178.6	4.6	295.8	8.5	190.1	5.5
Bromley	219.2	4.9	133.5	3.0	284.4	6.2	143.5	3.2
Croydon	•		180.3	4.0	215.0	4.8	145.4	3.3
Ealing	202.1	4.4	154.1	3.4	253.5	6.4	153.6	3.9
Enfield	218.1	5.0	113.8	2.6	234.8	5.5	134.0	3.2
Haringey	409.3	12.4	164.1	5.0	395.7	13.9	180.4	6.4
Harrow	128.7	4.0	111.2	3.4	149.2	4.7	131.1	4.1
Havering	203.3	6.7	90.6	3.0	215.5	6.9	92.1	3.0
Hillingdon	205.1	6.3	142.8	4.4	234.3	7.1	134.5	4.1
Hounslow	137.0	4.5	117.7	3.9	152.4	5.3	108.8	3.8
Kingston upon Thames¶	73.4	3.2	86.0	3.7	73.4	3.2	86.0	3.8
Merton	215.0	7.3	94.0	3.2	196.2	6.7	75.4	2.6
Newham	326.3	9.6	134.8	4.0	293.8	10.0	133.8	4.6
Redbridge	176.8	4.6	78.3	2.0	164.5	4.5	88.0	2.4
Richmond upon Thames	98.0	3.3	43.3	1.5	146.0	5.1	49.1	1.7
Sutton	117.0	4.3	92.6	3.4	107.0	3.9	105.9	3.8
Waltham Forest	316.5	-8.6	168.6	4.6	344.3	9.5	199.1	5.5
Southern Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Dorset	416.4	3.4	278.4	2.3	523.5	3.9	291.3	2.2
Hampshire	886.6	4.6	496.0	2.6	871.0	4.2	515.3	2.5
Isle of Wight	•		41.8	1.7	69.0	2.6	42.8	1.6
Kent	851.3	3.8	504.2	2.2	815.7	3.5	498.2	2.2
Surrey†	463.0	3.2	330.7	2.3	496.2	3.3	331.8	2.2
East Sussex	610.0	4.0	376.4	2.5	560.5	3.4	368.8	2.3
West Sussex	468.8	3.7	260.1	2.1	627.3	4.5	248.2	1.8
Wiltshire	405.0	6.1	245.7	3.7	350.0	4.7	249.6	3.4
South Western Region
Non-metropolitan Counties
Avon	981.5	7.0	456.4	3.3	1,045.5	7.2	480.2	3.3
Cornwall	287.0	3.9	119.8	1.6	331.8	4.2	146.1	1.9
Devon	708.3	3.9	386.1	2.1	771.9	4.1	447.1	2.4
Gloucestershire	432.0	5.9	181.2	2.5	447.0	5.7	194.3	2.5
Somerset	343.0	5.1	182.6	2.7	386.1	5.1	186.3	2.5
Isles of Scilly	1.0				0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
ENGLAND	44,692.9	6.5	22,163.0	3.2	47,208.3	6.7	23,111.7	3.3
* 1980 data used for 1982.
† 1977 data used for 1978.
‡ 1977 data.
║ 1981 data used for 1982.
¶ 1978 data used for 1982.
• Data not available.