Mr. Pat Smyth:

I will give the Deputy a very brief answer to that question. Some of my colleagues who have worked in the social work service can give him a more comprehensive response. At a very high level, it is not just fostering, but also adoption and a number of other services that we have advertised for publicly and into which we need to hire experienced social work managers and practitioners to run those services. The Deputy is absolutely right that this adds to the attrition from the child protection and welfare side of the house. We can absolutely confirm the numbers we have in respect of the foster care side of the house. Again, though, foster care of itself is high-risk in that ensuring that selection and monitoring of foster carers and the monitoring of the children's progress with foster carers require experienced social workers-----