Mr. Fred McBride:

We can certainly give some detail now. We have a turnover figure for social workers here, which is around 6%. That actually compares reasonably favourably with other jurisdictions. A recent study by the British Association of Social Workers found that child protection social workers were only hanging around for 18 months. We are doing significantly better than that, I am pleased to say. That said, the Deputy is correct that retention is a challenge for us. We are actually recruiting quite large numbers but retaining those social workers at the front line is a challenge. We are conducting exit interviews so that we know why people are leaving. We are also expanding our senior practitioner scheme in order that every social work team will have a senior practitioner attached to it. That means that there is something of a career progression or career path for social workers to become senior practitioners, a way for them to stay in practice rather than-----