§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much his Department has spent on research into(a) lone-parent families and (b) absent parents, in each year since 1989. [41800]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe Department's research programme is announced each year. Details and overall costs of all projects are set out in the Department's research yearbook, published annually by HMSO, copies of which are available in the Library. Previous editions cover projects from 1989 onwards; the yearbook for 1994–95 will contain details of projects currently under way and will be published in December.