§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the research being conducted by his Department; and what aspects of poverty and need are being studied by the team his predecessor announced at the end of September, 1968.
§ Mr. CrossmanMy Department is conducting a very extensive programme of research in the fields of medicine, health and welfare services, and social security, including work on clinical and social medicine, aspects of hospital building, engineering and equipment, and inquiries into problems arising in the welfare and social security services. The main activity of the unit described by my right hon. Friend the Paymaster-General in September, 1968, will be to study the financial circumstances of families with children, paying special attention to one-parent families.