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Mr. Raffan
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of home helps in Wales at the present time; and how many there were in 1979.
Mr. Grist
The number of home helps in Wales is shown in the table:
| Home helps | At 30 September 1979 | 1989 |
| Whole-time | 153·0 | 401·0 |
| Part-time: | ||
| Number | 6,234·0 | 7,877·0 |
| wte1 | 2,671·8 | 3,576·8 |
| Total wte | 2,824·8 | 3,977·8 |
| 1Whole-time equivalents. | ||