Annual workforce statistics produced by the Department for Education show that the average caseload for social workers in England, as of 30 September 2017, has risen to 17.8, up from 16.1 the year before - an increase of 1.7 cases, although the DfE has said that the data should be "viewed with caution".
Average caseloads were found to vary between local authorities, between 10.2 for Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames, up to 26.4 for Staffordshire.
Information on social worker caseloads was first collected on a mandatory basis last year - but the DfE has said that differences in the way this year's data was measured means it is not comparable to previous years.
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