§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services where, to his knowledge, research is being done into ways of enabling people to return to work more speedily after injury causing back pain.
§ Dr. VaughanIn 1980–81 £1, 427, 000 was being spent on back pain and related problems by Government funding through the Medical Research Council. I am sending the hon. Member a letter listing 88 Medical Research Council projects directly or indirectly relevant to back pain research and will place a copy of this list in the Library.