asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the number of whole-time equivalent (a) home helps and (b) social workers in each local authority, and per 1,000 population over 65 years each year since 1982.
[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1987, c. 623]: The numbers of whole-time equivalent home helps and social workers in each authority are published in tablet of "Staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments, 30 September" for 1982, 1983, and 1984 (S/F 83/1, S/F 84/1, S/F 85/1 respectively), copies of which are in the Library. The figures for 1985 are given in table 1The whole-time equivalent home helps and social workers per thousand population aged 65 years and over in each local authority for 1982–85 are given in tables 2 and 3.
| Table 1 | ||
| Home helps and social workers, expressed as whole-time equivalents, by local authority, 19851 2 | ||
| Home helps | Social workers | |
| Cleveland | 616·0 | 270·1 |
| Cumbria | 522·6 | 215·0 |
Home helps
| Social workers
| |
| Durham | 823·7 | 249·4 |
| Northunberland | 450·0 | 137·9 |
| Gateshead | 333·5 | 141·0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 676·0 | 299·0 |
| North Tyneside | 289·7 | 132·0 |
| South Tyneside | 209·0 | 100·0 |
| Sunderland | 633·5 | 153·4 |
| Humberside | 1,104·3 | 334·5 |
| North Yorkshire | 695·0 | 269·0 |
| Barnsley | 357·0 | 89·5 |
| Doncaster | 466·0 | 131·0 |
| Rotherham | 402·3 | 128·5 |
| Sheffield | 1,076·5 | 416·5 |
| Bradford | 725·5 | 327·8 |
| Calderdale | 329·9 | 92·9 |
| Kirklees | 534·9 | 180·3 |
| Leeds | 1,065·8 | 414·4 |
| Wakefield | 358·9 | 210·0 |
| Cheshire | 863·3 | 400·4 |
| Lancashire | 1,585·3 | 675·3 |
| Bolton | 354·0 | 137·0 |
| Bury | 225·4 | 95·0 |
| Manchester | 779·0 | 449·0 |
| Oldham | 354·0 | 113·0 |
| Rochdale | 325·9 | 127·0 |
| Salford | 343·6 | 155·0 |
| Stockport | 308·0 | 157·8 |
| Tameside | 399·5 | 111·3 |
| Trafford | 258·3 | 82·5 |
| Wigan | 473·8 | 137·1 |
| Knowsley | 206·7 | 93·7 |
| Liverpool | 672·0 | 371·5 |
| Sefton | 337·8 | 134·0 |
| St. Helens | 405·0 | 78·0 |
| Wirral | 324·6 | 163·5 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 616·8 | 244·2 |
| Shropshire | 259·7 | 143·0 |
| Staffordshire | 3 958·0 | 3 365·5 |
| Warwickshire | 499·0 | 182·0 |
| Birmingham | 1,366·6 | 663·7 |
| Coventry | 449·3 | 280·4 |
| Dudley | 305·5 | 146·5 |
| Sandwell | 327·0 | 148·5 |
| Solihull | 158·7 | 88·9 |
| Walsall | 226·2 | 135·0 |
| Wolverhampton | 312·9 | 160·1 |
| Derbyshire | 1,465·3 | 499·0 |
| Leicestershire | 3 730·0 | 3 340·1 |
| Lincolnshire | 505·0 | 202·2 |
| Northamptonshire | 309·3 | 225·4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,244·9 | 575·1 |
| Bedfordshire | 412·0 | 235·4 |
| Berkshire | 611·7 | 300·3 |
| Buckinghamshire | 487·4 | 274·0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 504·3 | 248·7 |
| Essex | 3 1,71·0 | 621·0 |
| Hertfordshire | 656·1 | 423·3 |
| Norfolk | 671·3 | 299·4 |
| Oxfordshire | 468·0 | 218·5 |
| Suffolk | 456·5 | 222·2 |
| Camden | 3 409·8 | 3 319·8 |
| Greenwich | 416·8 | 183·7 |
| Hackney | 402·9 | 207·5 |
| Hammersmith | 252·3 | 162·8 |
| Islington | 253·9 | 203·9 |
| Kensington | 113·3 | 166·3 |
| Lambeth | 3 492·5 | 3 426·9 |
| Lewisham | 493·2 | 324·9 |
| Southwark | 3 435·0 | 3 266·2 |
| Tower Hamlets | 218·0 | 193·9 |
| Wandsworth | 410·9 | 330·8 |
| Westminster | 286·7 | 237·7 |
| City of London | 8·1 | 22·3 |
| Barking | 194·0 | 53·6 |
| Barnet | 218·0 | 112·0 |
| Bexley | 260·4 | 96·7 |
| Brent | 419·3 | 228·0 |
Home helps
| Social workers
| |
| Bromley | 219·5 | 134·5 |
| Croydon | 234·3 | 136·5 |
| Ealing | 242·5 | 159·2 |
| Enfield | 303·4 | 144·5 |
| Haringey | 414·6 | 201·1 |
| Harrow | 213·0 | 132·3 |
| Havering | 215·4 | 93·0 |
| Hillingdon | 272·3 | 129·8 |
| Hounslow | 163·2 | 115·5 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 3 73·4 | 3 86·0 |
| Merton | 207·6 | 80·5 |
| Newham | 294·0 | 171·5 |
| Redbridge | 187·2 | 80·0 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 143·6 | 53·0 |
| Sutton | 117·1 | 110·8 |
| Waltham Forest | 382·8 | 209·3 |
| Dorset | 540·7 | 307·9 |
| Hampshire | 977·0 | 540·2 |
| Isle of Wight | 93·0 | 62·7 |
| Kent | 988·5 | 645·0 |
| Surrey | 464·6 | 347·6 |
| East Sussex | 658·2 | 325·3 |
| West Sussex | 3 560·6 | 3 259·6 |
| Wiltshire | 377·0 | 271·7 |
| Avon | 1,162·3 | 436·4 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 382·2 | 166·7 |
| Devon | 803·8 | 445·6 |
| Gloucestershire | 430·6 | 202·4 |
| Somerset | 432·5 | 188·2 |
| England | 51,898·8 | 24,789·4 |
1 The numbers of home helps and social workers relate to the position at 30 September 1985. | ||
2 Figures are provisional. | ||
3 Estimated from information for earlier years. | ||
Table 2—Home helps1, expressed as whole time equivalents, per
| ||||
1982
| 1983
| 1984
|
3 1985
| |
| Cleveland | 7·2 | 8·2 | 8·6 | 9·0 |
| Cumbria | 5·9 | 6·1 | 6·1 | 6·6 |
| Durham | 9·2 | 9·3 | 8·0 | 9·3 |
| Northumberland | 9·3 | 8·9 | 9·0 | 9·5 |
| Gateshead | 10·9 | 10·7 | 10·8 | 10·5 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 14·5 | 15·2 | 15·2 | 14·7 |
| North Tyneside | 8·1 | 8·7 | 8·6 | 9·3 |
| South Tyneside | 10·4 | 8·9 | 8·6 | 8·4 |
| Sunderland | 11·6 | 14·2 | 16·1 | 16·3 |
| Humberside | 8·4 | 8·3 | 9·0 | 8·7 |
| North Yorkshire | 4 4·6 | 4·7 | 5·5 | 5·9 |
| Barnsley | 11·0 | 11·3 | 11·3 | 11·1 |
| Doncaster | 13·1 | 12·8 | 12·4 | 12·0 |
| Rotherham | 11·7 | 12·3 | 12·4 | 12·2 |
| Sheffield | 11·5 | 10·5 | 11·3 | 11·8 |
| Bradford | 8·7 | 9·9 | 10·7 | 11·0 |
| Calderdale | 9·2 | 9·6 | 10·4 | 10·6 |
| Kirklees | 8·7 | 4 8·9 | 9·9 | 9·7 |
| Leeds | 8·0 | 8·5 | 8·9 | 9·7 |
| Wakefield | 8·1 | 8·5 | 8·6 | 8·5 |
| Cheshire | 6·2 | 6·8 | 7·7 | 6·8 |
| Lancashire | 6·2 | 6·7 | 7·1 | 6·9 |
| Bolton | 8·4 | 8·5 | 9·0 | 9·4 |
| Bury | 6·2 | 7·7 | 8·4 | 8·8 |
| Manchester | 9·1 | 9·7 | 10·6 | 11·3 |
| Oldham | 10·0 | 10·1 | 11·0 | 11·0 |
| Rochdale | 11·2 | 11·7 | 12·1 | 11·6 |
| Salford | 8·4 | 9·1 | 9·4 | 8·9 |
| Stockport | 6·4 | 6·9 | 4 6·9 | 7·3 |
| Tameside | 9·7 | 9·7 | 10·8 | 12·3 |
| Trafford | 7·5 | 8·6 | 9·0 | 7·9 |
| Wigan | 11·7 | 12·1 | 12·3 | 11·6 |
| Knowsley | 10·7 | 11·0 | 11·7 | 11·2 |
| Liverpool | 7·5 | 8·0 | 8·4 | 8·7 |
1982
| 1983
| 1984
|
3 1985
| |
| Sefton | 6·8 | 7·1 | 7·2 | 7·0 |
| St. Helens | 15·4 | 16·0 | 16·1 | 16·3 |
| Wirral | 5·5 | 5·7 | 5·7 | 6·0 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 5·9 | 7·0 | 6·4 | 6·6 |
| Shropshire | 4·7 | 4·7 | 4·8 | 4·7 |
| Staffordshire | 4 7·3 | 4 7·4 | 4 7·3 | 4 7·1 |
| Warwickshire | 8·3 | 8·4 | 8·2 | 7·6 |
| Birmingham | 8·9 | 9·3 | 9·2 | 9·3 |
| Coventry | 9·0 | 9·5 | 9·5 | 10·1 |
| Dudley | 6·7 | 7·0 | 7·1 | 7·4 |
| Sandwell | 6·7 | 7·3 | 6·9 | 7·2 |
| Solihull | 5·5 | 5·7 | 5·5 | 6·4 |
| Walsall | 4 6·1 | 6·8 | 6·9 | 6·6 |
| Wolverhampton | 7·7 | 4 7·7 | 8·1 | 8·6 |
| Derbyshire | 7·8 | 9·2 | 9·7 | 10·5 |
| Leicestershire | 4 6·2 | 4 6·2 | 4 6·2 | 4 6·1 |
| Lincolnshire | 5·6 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 5·6 |
| Northamptonshire | 4·8 | 5·1 | 5·1 | 4·1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 7·2 | 8·3 | 8·5 | 8·7 |
| Bedfordshire | 5·7 | 7·2 | 6·6 | 6·8 |
| Berkshire | 6·6 | 6·4 | 7·7 | 7·2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 5·9 | 6·3 | 7·3 | 6·9 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5·8 | 5·9 | 6·0 | 6·0 |
| Essex | 4 5·4 | 4 5·4 | 4 5·4 | 5·2 |
| Hertfordshire | 4·5 | 4·9 | 5·0 | 5·0 |
| Norfolk | 4·7 | 4·8 | 5·0 | 5·2 |
| Oxfordshire | 6·1 | 6·2 | 6·3 | 6·3 |
| Suffolk | 4·7 | 4·7 | 4·5 | 4·5 |
| Camden | 13·4 | 13·6 | 15·1 | 4 14·9 |
| Greenwich | 11·5 | 12·4 | 13·3 | 13·1 |
| Hackney | 14·5 | 15·0 | 14·8 | 15·6 |
| Hammersmith | 10·8 | 11·1 | 11·4 | 10·7 |
| Islington | 9·9 | 10·3 | 10·8 | 10·7 |
| Kensington | 6·3 | 6·6 | 6·8 | 6·2 |
| Lambeth | 4 12·2 | 14·0 | 4 14·2 | 4 14·3 |
| Lewisham | 10·3 | 13·7 | 13·9 | 13·4 |
| Southwark | 10·8 | 11·8 | 12·8 | 4 12·7 |
| Tower Hamlets | 9·6 | 9·8 | 9·9 | 10·1 |
| Wandsworth | 10·0 | 10·4 | 10·4 | 10·4 |
| Westminster | 7·8 | 8·1 | 9·1 | 9·6 |
| City of London | 16·0 | 16·3 | 14·0 | 13·5 |
| Barking | 7·6 | 7·6 | 7·6 | 7·6 |
| Barnet | 3·8 | 4·2 | 3·7 | 4·5 |
| Bexley | 8·3 | 8·6 | 8·7 | 3·4 |
| Brent | 8·5 | 9·8 | 10·2 | 12·3 |
| Bromley | 6·2 | 6·0 | 4·7 | 4·6 |
| Croydon | 4·8 | 4·7 | 5·2 | 5·4 |
| Ealing | 6·3 | 5·8 | 5·9 | 6·1 |
| Enfield | 5·5 | 5·5 | 6·3 | 7·2 |
| Haringey | 13·7 | 14·5 | 15·2 | 15·5 |
| Harrow | 4·7 | 5·8 | 6·1 | 6·7 |
| Havering | 6·8 | 6·8 | 7·0 | 6·5 |
| Hillingdon | 7·1 | 7·4 | 8·5 | 7·9 |
| Hounslow | 5·2 | 5·8 | 5·6 | 5·8 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 4 3·2 | 4 3·2 | 4 3·2 | 4 3·2 |
| Merton | 6·7 | 7·0 | 7·6 | 7·3 |
| Newham | 9·9 | 10·7 | 11·5 | 10·5 |
| Redbridge | 4·4 | 4·5 | 4·7 | 5·0 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 5·1 | 4·9 | 4·8 | 5·0 |
| Sutton | 3·8 | 4·3 | 4·0 | 4·3 |
| Waltham Forest | 9·4 | 9·0 | 10·4 | 11·0 |
| Dorset | 3·9 | 4·0 | 4·1 | 3·9 |
| Hampshire | 4·1 | 4·5 | 4·5 | 4·5 |
| Isle of Wight | 2·6 | 2·5 | 2·6 | 3·4 |
| Kent | 3·5 | 3·5 | 4·1 | 4·2 |
| Surrey | 3·2 | 4 3·2 | 4 3·2 | 3·0 |
| East Sussex | 3·4 | 3·7 | 3·9 | 4·1 |
| West Sussex | 4·5 | 3·6 | 4·0 | 4 4·0 |
| Wiltshire | 4·6 | 4·8 | 5·1 | 4·8 |
| Avon | 7·1 | 8·8 | 7·8 | 7·8 |
| Cornwall & Isles of Scilly | 4·2 | 4·0 | 4·3 | 4·6 |
| Devon | 4·0 | 4·3 | 4·3 | 4·2 |
| Gloucestershire | 5·6 | 5·8 | 5·9 | 5·3 |
1982
| 1983
| 1984
|
3 1985
| |
| Somerset | 5·1 | 5·2 | 5·4 | 5·5 |
| England | 6·7 | 7·0 | 7·2 | 7·2 |
1 The numbers of home-helps relate to the position at 30 September each year. | ||||
2 The rates are based on the estimated population aged 65 years and over at 30 June each year. | ||||
3 The 1985 figures are provisional. | ||||
4 Estimated from information for earlier years. | ||||
Table 3 Social workers1, expressed as whole·time equivalents, per
| ||||
1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 3 1985
| |
| Cleveland | 4·3 | 4·2 | 4·0 | 4·0 |
| Cumbria | 2·5 | 2·8 | 2·6 | 2·7 |
| Durham | 2·8 | 2·9 | 3·0 | 2·8 |
| Northumberland | 2·4 | 2·6 | 2·8 | 2·9 |
| Gateshead | 4·3 | 4·5 | 4·6 | 4·4 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 5·9 | 6·2 | 6·5 | 6·5 |
| North Tyneside | 3·8 | 3·9 | 4·1 | 4·2 |
| South Tyneside | 4·2 | 4·1 | 3·9 | 4·0 |
| Sunderland | 4·0 | 4·6 | 4·1 | 4·0 |
| Humberside | 2·7 | 2·7 | 2·5 | 2·6 |
| North Yorkshire | 4 2·1 | 2·4 | 2·4 | 2·3 |
| Barnsley | 2·7 | 2·9 | 2·9 | 2·8 |
| Doncaster | 3·5 | 3·5 | 3·6 | 3·4 |
| Rotherham | 3·4 | 3·5 | 3·8 | 3·9 |
| Sheffield | 3·9 | 4·3 | 4·4 | 4·6 |
| Bradford | 4·3 | 4·8 | 5·1 | 5·0 |
| Calderdale | 2·8 | 3·2 | 3·2 | 3·0 |
| Kirklees | 2·8 | 4 2·8 | 3·1 | 3·3 |
| Leeds | 2·9 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 3·8 |
| Wakefield | 5·3 | 5·3 | 5·1 | 5·0 |
| Cheshire | 2·9 | 3·0 | 3·2 | 3·1 |
| Lancashire | 2·6 | 2·8 | 2·9 | 3·0 |
| Bolton | 3·3 | 3·4 | 3·6 | 3·7 |
| Bury | 2·6 | 3·0 | 3·6 | 3·7 |
| Manchester | 5·8 | 6·2 | 6·6 | 6·5 |
| Oldham | 3·6 | 3·8 | 3·6 | 3·5 |
| Rochdale | 4·7 | 4·6 | 4·9 | 4·5 |
| Salford | 3·3 | 3·4 | 4·0 | 4·0 |
| Stockport | 3·4 | 3·7 | 4 3·7 | 3·7 |
| Tameside | 3·2 | 3·5 | 3·6 | 3·4 |
| Trafford | 2·7 | 2·6 | 2·6 | 2·5 |
| Wigan | 3·2 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 3·3 |
| Knowsley | 5·4 | 5·4 | 5·3 | 5·1 |
| Liverpool | 4·2 | 4·8 | 4·8 | 4·8 |
| Sefton | 2·9 | 2·8 | 2·8 | 2·8 |
| St. Helens | 3·6 | 3·8 | 3·6 | 3·1 |
| Wirral | 3·1 | 3·0 | 3·2 | 3·0 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 2·6 | 2·8 | 2·5 | 2·6 |
| Shropshire | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·6 | 2·6 |
| Staffordshire | 4 2·8 | 4 2·8 | 4 2·8 | 4 2·7 |
| Warwickshire | 2·6 | 2·8 | 2·6 | 2·8 |
| Birmingham | 4·8 | 4·6 | 4·6 | 4·5 |
| Coventry | 5·6 | 5·5 | 6·1 | 6·3 |
| Dudley | 3·1 | 3·1 | 3·3 | 3·6 |
| Sandwell | 2·9 | 3·3 | 3·4 | 3·3 |
| Solihull | 2·8 | 2·9 | 2·8 | 3·6 |
| Walsall | 4 4·0 | 3·6 | 3·5 | 4·0 |
| Wolverhampton | 4·1 | 4 4·l | 4·3 | 4·4 |
| Derbyshire | 3·4 | 3·4 | 3·8 | 3·6 |
| Leicestershire | 4 2·9 | 4 2·9 | 4 2·9 | 4 2·8 |
| Lincolnshire | 2·4 | 2·3 | 2·2 | 2·3 |
| Northamptonshire | 3·0 | 3·1 | 3·3 | 3·0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 3·4 | 3·9 | 4·0 | 4·0 |
| Bedfordshire | 3·6 | 3·9 | 4·0 | 3·9 |
| Berkshire | 3·2 | 3·3 | 3·5 | 3·5 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2·9 | 3·1 | 3·8 | 3·9 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2·9 | 3·1 | 3·1 | 3·0 |
| Essex | 4 2·6 | 4 2·5 | 4 2·5 | 2·8 |
| Hertfordshire | 2·9 | 3·1 | 3·3 | 3·2 |
| Norfolk | 2·4 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·3 |
1982
| 1983
| 1984
|
3 1985
| |
| Oxfordshire | 3·1 | 3·0 | 2·9 | 3·0 |
| Suffolk | 2·1 | 2·1 | 2·2 | 2·2 |
| Camden | 9·8 | 10·6 | 11·8 | 4 11·6 |
| Greenwich | 3·9 | 5·2 | 5·8 | 5·8 |
| Hackney | 5·9 | 5·8 | 7·7 | 8·0 |
| Hammersmith | 7·2 | 6·6 | 7·4 | 6·9 |
| Islington | 7·5 | 8·2 | 7·7 | 8·6 |
| Kensington | 8·8 | 8·6 | 8·7 | 9·0 |
| Lambeth | 4 9·0 | 12·1 | 4 12·3 | 4 12·4 |
| Lewisham | 7·9 | 8·3 | 8·6 | 8·8 |
| Southwark | 7·4 | 7·7 | 7·8 | 4 7·8 |
| Tower Hamlets | 8·3 | 8·6 | 9·4 | 9·0 |
| Wandsworth | 7·2 | 8·3 | 8·2 | 8·3 |
| Westminster | 5·5 | 8·5 | 8·0 | 8·0 |
| City of London | 27·7 | 29·5 | 35·7 | 37·2 |
| Barking | 2·2 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·1 |
| Barnet | 2·4 | 2·4 | 2·2 | 2·3 |
| Bexley | 3·2 | 3·4 | 3·3 | 3·1 |
| Brent | 5·5 | 5·7 | 6·6 | 6·7 |
| Bromley | 3·1 | 2·8 | 2·9 | 2·8 |
| Croydon | 3·3 | 3·0 | 3·1 | 3·2 |
| Ealing | 3·8 | 4·4 | 5·0 | 4·0 |
| Enfield | 3·2 | 3·1 | 3·2 | 3·5 |
| Haringey | 6·3 | 6·6 | 7·4 | 7·5 |
| Harrow | 4·1 | 4·2 | 4·2 | 4·1 |
| Havering | 2·9 | 2·9 | 2·6 | 2·8 |
| Hillingdon | 4·1 | 4·0 | 4·1 | 3·8 |
| Hounslow | 3·7 | 4·1 | 4·5 | 4·1 |
| Kinston-upon-Thames | 4 3·8 | 4 3·8 | 4 3·8 | 4 3·7 |
| Merton | 2·6 | 2·8 | 3·3 | 2·8 |
| Newham | 4·5 | 5·3 | 5·5 | 6·1 |
| Redbridge | 2·4 | 2·4 | 2·2 | 2·1 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 1·7 | 1·6 | 1·7 | 1·8 |
| Sutton | 3·8 | 3·9 | 4·0 | 4·0 |
| Waltham Forest | 5·4 | 5·4 | 5·4 | 6·0 |
| Dorset | 2·2 | 2·0 | 2·2 | 2·2 |
| Hampshire | 2·4 | 2·5 | 2·3 | 2·5 |
| Isle of Wight | 1·6 | 1·7 | 2·3 | 2·3 |
| Kent | 2·1 | 2·2 | 2·3 | 2·7 |
| Surrey | 2·1 | 4 2·2 | 4 2·2 | 2·2 |
| East Sussex | 2·2 | 2·2 | 2·3 | 2·0 |
| West Sussex | 1·8 | 1·8 | 1·9 | 4 1·8 |
| Wiltshire | 3·3 | 3·3 | 4·2 | 3·5 |
| Avon | 3·3 | 3·3 | 3·3 | 2·9 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 1·8 | 2·0 | 2·0 | 2·0 |
| Devon | 2·3 | 2·0 | 2·1 | 2·3 |
| Gloucestershire | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·5 |
| Somerset | 2·4 | 2·5 | 2·5 | 2·4 |
| ENGLAND | 3·2 | 3·4 | 3·5 | 3·5 |
1 The numbers of social workers relate to the position at 30 September each year. | ||||
2 The rates are based on the estimated population aged 65 years and over at 30 June each year. | ||||
3 The 1985 figures are provisional. | ||||
4 Estimated from information for earlier years. | ||||
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the 10 local authority districts with the highest number of social workers per head of population.
Based on information available centrally, the 10 authorities with the highest number of social workers per thousand population are shown in the table.
| TABLE | |
| Social workers, expressed as whole-time equivalents, at 30 September 1985 per thousand population: the 10 authorities with the highest rates. | |
| Local authority | Number per thousand population1 |
| City of London | 2 4·37 |
| Camden | 3 1·77 |
Local authority
| Number per thousand population1
|
| Lambeth | 3 1·75 |
| Lewisham | 1·40 |
| Westminster | 1·33 |
| Tower Hamlets | 1·32 |
| Wandsworth | 1·28 |
| Southwark | 3 1·23 |
| Islington | 1·21 |
| Kensington | 1·21 |
1 The numbers of social workers per thousand population are based on the population as at 30 June 1985 in each authority. | |
2 The rate for City of London is based on very small numbers. | |
3 In calculating the rates for Camden, Lambeth and Southwark the numbers of social workers were estimated from information for earlier years. | |