Local Authority Social Services, Staff Numbers March 2010

The statistics include numbers of social services staff employed by local authorities in Wales at 31 March 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 14 October 2009.

Key points from the latest release are:

• 27,000 staff work in social services departments, comprising 15,600 (58 per cent) part-time staff and 11,500 (42 per cent) full-time staff.
• The whole-time equivalent (WTE) number of staff employed was 20,100, a decrease of 47 from 31 March 2009.
• 15,100 staff held a required or recommended qualification. This represented 60 per cent of the total number of staff.
• There were 4,300 Welsh speaking staff, meaning those who are able to use the language to conduct their business. This represented 17 per cent of the total number of staff.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3625
E-mail: stats.pss@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)