§ Mr. Jim Lesterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of social workers in total and per hundred thousand population in each of the European Economic Community countries.
§ Mr. NewtonThere were 30,700 field social workers (expressed as whole-time equivalents) employed by local authority social services departments in the United Kingdom in 1985, equivalent to 54 per 100,000 population. I regret that I am unable to supply corresponding information relating to other European Community countries.