§ Mr. Barry FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social workers there are(a) per 100 residents and (b) per 100 residents over 65 years of age in each shire county.
§ Mr. BowisThe information requested, calculated per 10,000 residents and relating to staffing as at 30 September 1993, is shown in the table.
County Number of social workers per 10,000 population aged 65 and over Numbers of social workers per 10,000 total population Avon 43.7 7.2 Bedfordshire 50.5 6.3 Berkshire 40.1 5.0 Buckinghamshire 30.2 3.7 Cambridgeshire 31.8 4.5 Cheshire 39.6 5.9 Cleveland 46.3 6.5 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 22.5 4.5 Cumbria 33.9 6.0 Derbyshire 36.8 6.0 Devon 28.8 5.8 Dorset 18.1 4.1 Durham 26.4 4.2 East Sussex 35.5 8.0 Essex 31.6 5.1 Gloucestershire 27.6 4.8 Hampshire 25.7 4.0 Hereford and Worcester 31.9 5.2 Hertfordshire 32.2 4.7 Humberside 30.1 4.9 Isle of Wight 31.8 7.4 Kent 37.1 6.1 Lancashire 27.7 4.7 Leicestershire 42.9 6.3 Lincolnshire 22.5 4.1 Norfolk 23.1 4.4 Northamptonshire 25.9 3.7 Northumberland 34.2 5.8 North Yorkshire 23.2 4.1 Nottinghamshire 38.3 6.0 Oxfordshire 39.9 5.6 Shropshire 22.9 3.6 Somerset 30.4 5.8 Stafordshire 44.4 6.5 Suffolk 24.5 4.3 Surrey 24.8 4.0 Warwickshire 34.0 5.3 West Sussex 18.4 3.8 Wiltshire 30.5 4.7 Source:
Department of Health staffing return SSDS001 and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys mid-1993 population estimates.