§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many employment agencies provided social work or social work or social care staff for each of the last five years;
(2) how many employment agencies provided domiciliary care staff for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information is not available in the form requested. However,.it is estimated that immediately prior to the abolition of licensing on 3 January 1995, there were about 3,000 licensed766W employment agencies which had indicated that their field of activity might include domiciliary or social care work.
I also refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State on 30 November 1992, Official Report, column 55.