§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full-time equivalent staff are involved in the social work inspectorate; what is(a) its annual revenue budget and (b) its budget for training and staff development; how much has been spent in the past year on away days for staff to hotels; and what were the purposes of such activities.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThere are 18 full-time equivalent professional members of staff in the inspectorate and 17.5 administrative staff. The inspectorate's budget for 1994–95 is £1,134,618, of which £3,525 was allocated to job-related training. Ten members. of staff attended a strategy day along with their colleagues in the social work services group. The purpose of the day was to review the issues involved in local government reorganisation and to consider key objectives over the next two years. The cost of the one-day event was £1,240.