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TABLE D8

Workforce

Staff of local authority social services departments at 30 September
England	Whole-time equivalent (thousands)

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	224	222	218	212	208
Area office/field work staff	112	111	109	109	108
Residential care staff	62	59	57	54	51
Day care staff	30	31	31	30	29
Central/strategic HQ staff	17	19	19	19	18
Other staff not included elsewhere	2	2	2	1	2

Source: SSDS001 return

Contact:David Ainsley 020 7972 5596 (email: david.ainsley@doh.gsi.gov.uk)

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• There has been a 9% fall in the number of staff working in local authority social services departments over the last 5 years.  
• There has been a 21% fall in the number of staff working in local authority residential care over the same period.  
• There has been a 5% reductionin the number of day care staff since 1997 and also a 6% reduction in the number of area office/field work staff.  
• The number of staff working in social services HQs rose by 10% between 1997 and 2002.  

TABLE D8

Workforce

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