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Written question asked by Louise Haigh (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2016 (named day). It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Social Services: Vacancies

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social worker vacancies there are in (a) each discipline, (b) each region and (c) Sheffield.

Answer

Information on the number of local authority children’s social work vacancies in local authorities in England is collected on an annual basis as at 30 September. The most recent data as at 30 September 2015 was published by the Department for Education on 25 February 2016 and is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childrens-social-work-workforce-2015

Information on the number of local authority adult social worker vacancies as at 30 September 2015 was similarly published by NHS digital in February 2016 and is available online at:

http://content.digital.nhs.uk/article/2021/Website-Search?productid=20238&q=personal+social+services&sort=Relevance&size=10&page=1&area=both#top

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57737
Session
2016-17
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Social services Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk