§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has(a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into the link between employment and a person's health; and if he will make a statement. [168718]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere are two recent studies; working with the Employment Service, the Department undertook a study of the health impact of the new deal for young people which was published in 2002.
More recently the Department has, in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, commissioned a further study on the health impact of the new deal for communities.