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Number of Social Workers in England - January 2017

Thank you for your email in which you ask for the gender breakdown of Social Workers in England.

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (2000).

Please see below the data you requested:

Female: 72,513 
Male: 16,236 
Total: 88,749