§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average number of social workers per 100,000 head of population in each of the London borough councils.
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of field social work staff as a rate per 100,000 population is set out in the table for each of the London boroughs and for the City of London.
London borough Rates per 100,000 population September 1988 Camden (1984) 180.4 Greenwich 99.6 Hackney 99.1 Hammersmith 129.6 Islington 145.8 Kensington 162.7 Lambeth 155.4 Lewisham 132.2 South wark 127.6 Tower Hamlets (1987) 124.1 Wandsworth 145.9 Westminster 152.2 City of London 527.8 Barking 48.5 Barnet 51.2 Bexley 49.2 Brent 86.7 Bromley 53.4 Croydon 47.2 Ealing 34.0 Enfield 74.5 Haringey 75.0 Harrow 90.7 Havering 45.0 Hillingdon 65.4 Hounslow 73.2 Kingston upon Thames (1978) 63.2 Merton 53.7 Newham 84.5 Redbridge 32.6 Richmond upon Thames 42.0 Sutton 72.7 Waltham Forest 105.0 The staff numbers are in whole-time equivalent terms and relate to returns for 30 September 1988. Where this return is not available, data from the most recent year's return has been used; the year of the return is shown.
Rates per 100,000 population are based on the mid-year population estimates for 1988. Where a previous year's 822W return has been used, the appropriate year's population figure has also been used. Field social work staff includes field social work practitioners, community workers, trainee social workers, and social work (welfare) assistants.
Nineteen-eighty-eight data are provisional and subject to amendment.