HC Deb 15 January 1988 vol 125 cc424-5W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to how many social workers are employed in each of the eight counties of Wales; and what is the average number of social workers per 100,000 head of population for the latest date and for each of the last four years.

Mr. Grist

Information about the number of senior social workers, social workers, community workers, trainee social workers and social work (welfare) assistants is given in the table:

Social Workers Employed at 30 September
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Local authority No. of WTE Rate per 100,000 population No. of WTE Rate per 100,000 population No. of WTE Rate per 100,000 population No. of WTE Rate per 100,000 population No. of WTE Rate per 100,000 population
Clwyd 141.8 36.0 159.3 40.3 169.0 42.6 161.0 40.5 165.0 41.3
Dyfed 13.41 40.2 144.0 42.9 149.0 44.5 148.0 44.1 159.1 46.9
Gwent 210.5 47.8 209.6 47.6 213.6 48.6 205.6 46.7 225.6 51.1
Gwynedd 97.9 42.2 97.9 42.2 101.5 43.6 107.7 46.1 110.4 47.0
Mid Glamorgan 278.0 51.6 294.5 54.9 311.8 58.4 324.3 60.7 331.0 61.9
Powys 44.5 40.2 44.0 39.8 43.7 39.5 43.8 39.3 41.1 36.6
South Glamorgan 217.5 55.8 230.9 58.9 243.3 61.7 236.1 59.8 250.1 63.2
West Glamorgan 171.5 46.6 179.0 48.8 184.0 50.5 197.0 54.1 194.5 53.5
Wales 1,295.9 46.2 1,359.2 48.4 1,415.9 0.4 1,423.5 50.6 1,476.8 52.4

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a special financial allocation to Clwyd county council to enable it to recruit more social workers.

Mr. Grist

The total amount of rate support grant made available for 1988–89, and the principles underlying its distribution between authorities, are published in the Welsh rate support grant report 1988–89. The allocations were approved by the House on 15 December, and there is no scope for extra allocations.

It is for individual authorities to determine spending priorities for their areas. However, in setting current expenditure provision for Wales for 1988–89, an increase of £9.9 million or 7.1 per cent. was allowed for personal social services (including port health).

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