§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 January,Official Report, column 127, on the health of British children, what factors underlay his rejection of the Health Visitors Association's survey. [11601]
550WThe Deputy Prime Minister: The "Health Visitors' Association Centenary Survey: Return of Diseases and Social Conditions of the 19th Century" was published on 25 November 1996 without details of the survey's design, methodology, sampling technique or response rate. Without these, it is not possible to assess the validity of the conclusions.