HC Deb 21 January 1980 vol 977 cc65-6W
Mr. Stallard

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects the health and personal social services statistics for 1979 to be published.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The 1978 volume of "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics" will be published next month. I am concerned about the lapse of time between publication and the end of the year to which the figures relate. I am

has recently approved a research proposal on the relationship between blood lead level and intelligence, behaviour and attainment in school children.