§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many social workers have successfully undertaken training programmes, approved by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work, in order to qualify as mental health officers under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 in each of the regional and islands' councils' social work departments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangDetailed information in the form requested is not yet available. The following social work staff are estimated by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work to have completed a training programme approved, or accepted as comparable to a programme approved, by the council in relation to the requirements of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, as at 31 December 1989.
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Numbers Lothian and Borders Training Consortium Borders Regional Council 88 Dumfries and Galloway Regional Council Lothian Regional Council Northern Training Consortium Grampian Regional Council 44 Highland Regional Council Orkney Islands Council Shetland Islands Council Western Islands Council Tayforth Training Consortium Central Regional Council 62 Fife Regional Council Tayside Regional Council
Numbers West of Scotland Training Consortium Strathclyde Regional Council 212