asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list in the Official Report the ratio of field workers to administrators in social services (a) in Cambridgeshire, (b) nationally in the years 1968 to 1971, 1974 to 1977 and on the most recent date.

[pursuant to his reply, 27 March 1980, c. 652]: The functions of social service staff cannot be divided easily between administration and the provision of services in the field. Statistics collected centrally group together senior directing, managing, professional and advisory staff, many of whom also have some field responsibilities. In the ratios given below this group is compared with field social workers and the staffs of the home help service, day centres and residential homes. The figures do not include clerical and administrative support staff who cannot be allocated to either category from the information held centrally.