HC Deb 23 January 1995 vol 253 c11W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with local authorities and other providers of residential child care about standards of such care; and what proposals she has made for tackling current problems.

Mr. Bowis

Ministers and officials have regular discussions with representatives of local authority and independent sector organisations on a wide range of issues including that of residential care for children.

For the Government's report on action in this area, I refer the hon. Member to the Children Act report, copies of which are available in the Library.

Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential child care staff there were with relevant qualifications in each year since 1980; and what information she has about the turnover rate of(a) qualified and (b) unqualified residential child care staff.

Mr. Bowis

Information on qualifications and turnover of residential child care staff was collected in 1993 by the Local Government Management Board and published in "Social Services Workforce Analysis: 1993 Survey", copies of which are available in the Library. Information on qualifications and turnover of local authority social services staff is not available centrally.

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