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Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the role of the supplementary benefit special welfare officers; and how many special officers have been employed each year since 1966.
Mr. O'Malley
Their role is to under take special visiting in cases which have been identified as requiring more attention than can be given by local offices.The number of special welfare officers employed at 1st January in each year since 1970 is as follows:
| 1970 | 38 |
| 1971 | 45 |
| 1972 | 45 |
| 1973 | 44 |
| 1974 | 47 |
| 1975 | 48 |
| 1976 | 55 |