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2004 and earlier years

Information on staff employed by English council social services departments was collected each September by the Department of Health by means of a return known as SSDS001. The return covers all staff directly employed by council social services departments, broken down into groups of detailed categories which reflect the various occupational groups. A file containing details of staffing for each council is available below.

The data contained in the files are given in Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) for 1996 and 1997. For 1998-2003 data are given in terms of staff numbers as well as WTEs for each column of the SSDS001 return. A gender breakdown is also available from 1999. In translating their numbers of part time staff into WTEs, councils were asked to make the calculations on the basis of a staff contractual week. For any grade where the council does not have a standard working week, WTEs were calculated on the basis of 39 (contractual) hours per week for care assistants, manual and domestic staff and 37 hours per week (36 in London) for other staff.

2004

An SSDS001 return was received from all councils. Overall, there is still a high proportion of staff whose ethnic origin is unknown and so great caution must, once again, be exercised in interpreting the ethnic origin breakdown shown.  Data by ethnic origin is only available in the statistical bulletin. (Corrected spreadsheets published 4 April 2005).

• Download spreadsheet: staff of local authority social services departments - female (XLS, 1379K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of local authority social services departments - male (XLS, 1522K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of local authority social services departments - total (XLS, 1377K)
• Associated Statistical Bulletin

2003

An SSDS001 return was received from all councils this year. Overall, there is still a high proportion of staff whose ethnic origin is unknown and so great caution must, once again, be exercised in interpreting the ethnic origin breakdown shown. Data by ethnic origin for 2001, 2002 and 2003 is only available in the statistical bulletins.

• Download spreadsheet: female staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1519K)
• Download spreadsheet: male staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1324K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (TOTALS) (XLS, 1518K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

2002

An SSDS001 return was received from all councils except Stockton upon Tees: data as at 30 September 2001 has been used for that council. Trafford were unable to supply a breakdown by ethnic origin and all the staff of Trafford council have been shown as of unknown ethnic origin. Overall, there is still a high proportion of staff whose ethnic origin is unknown and so great caution must, once again, be exercised in interpreting the ethnic origin breakdown shown. Data by ethnic origin for 2001 and 2002 is only available in the statistical bulletin.

• Download spreadsheet: female staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1323K)
• Download spreadsheet: male staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1319K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (TOTALS) (XLS, 1350K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

2001

An SSDS001 return was received from all councils but North Somerset and Trafford were unable to supply a breakdown by ethnic origin and all the staff of these two councils have been shown as of unknown ethnic origin. Overall, there is still a high proportion of staff whose ethnic origin is unknown and so great caution must, once again, be exercised in interpreting the ethnic origin breakdown shown.

• Download spreadsheet: female staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1359K)
• Download spreadsheet: male staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1362K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (TOTALS) (XLS, 1341K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

2000

No SSDS001 returns were received from Stockport and Warwickshire. For these two councils, data as at 30 September 1999 has been used.

Data has been collected by ethnic origin for the first time in 2000. However, nine councils (Coventry, Derby, Devon, Doncaster, Herefordshire, North Somerset, Richmond upon Thames, Salford and Trafford) did not supply a breakdown by ethnic origin. All the staff of these councils (and the staff of Stockport and Warwickshire) have been shown as of unknown ethnic origin. In view of the high percentage of staff with ethnic origin unknown, great caution must be exercised in interpreting the ethnic origin breakdown shown.

• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (TOTALS) (XLS, 991K)
• Download spreadsheet: female staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 991K)
• Download spreadsheet: male staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 992K)
• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (ETHNICITY) (XLS, 648K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

1999

• Download spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (TOTALS) (XLS, 1069K)
• Download spreadsheet: female staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1076K)
• Download spreadsheet: male staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 992K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

1998

• Download Lotus 123 spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (WK4, 1903K)
• Download Excel spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 1025K)
• associated Statistical Bulletin

1997

• Download Lotus 123 spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (WK4, 453K)
• Download Excel spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 192K)

1996

• Download Lotus 123 spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (WK4, 264K)
• Download Excel spreadsheet: staff of Local Authority Social Services Departments (XLS, 428K)