§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authority home helps there have been per 1,000 population in each year since 1979.
Mr. BowlsThe information requested is shown in the table.
Table: Whole time equivalent (WTE) home helps employed by local authorities, 1979–1993 England At 30 September WTE home helps per 1,000 population1 1979 0.96 1980 1.00 1981 0.99 1982 1.01 1983 1.05 1984 1.08 1985 1.10 1986 1.13 1987 1.19 1988 1.20 1989 1.18 1990 1.16 1991 1.13 1992 1.12 19932 1.05 1 Home helps employed by direct service organisations or by independent organisations under contract to local authorities are not included. 2 The statistical return collecting details of local authority staffing was very substantially revised in 1993 and this may have affected comparability with earlier years.