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Mr. Joseph Dean
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the staff-to-occupant ratios in elderly people's homes of the social service departments of the six largest metropolitan districts.
Sir George Young
The ratios of residents per staff member in homes run by the social service departments of the six largest metropolitan districts—by population—in 1978 were as follows:
| Birmingham | … | … | … | 2·26 |
| Bradford | … | … | … | 1·72 |
| Leeds | … | … | … | 2·08 |
| Liverpool | … | … | … | 1·73 |
| Manchester | … | … | … | 2·03 |
| Sheffield | … | … | … | 1·79 |