HC Deb 22 June 1988 vol 135 cc623-4W
Rev. Martin Smyth

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of whole-time equivalent social workers in Northern Ireland in each year from 1976–77.

Mr. Needham

The number of whole-time equivalent social workers (fieldwork and management stall) in Northern Ireland in each year from 1979 is as follows:

Number
1979 582.54
1980 675.40
1981 747.38
1982 808.78
1983 827.45
1984 850.48
1985 874.02
1986 896.30
1987 927.91

The information is not available for earlier years.