The data in this Bulletin is derived from a return (SSDS001) completed each September by Local Authority Social Services departments. The form covers all staff, whether full or part time, directly employed by Social Services departments (whole time equivalents are calculated on the basis of staff contractual weeks). The return does not cover staff who work in the independent or voluntary sector.
No returns were received from Stockport and Warwickshire. For these two authorities data as at 30 September 1999 has been used. For the first time, information has been collected by ethnic origin. However, nine authorities (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 authorities (and the staff of Stockport and Warwickshire) have been shown as 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 in this bulletin.
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