HC Deb 30 June 1981 vol 7 c366W
Mr. Stephen Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans his Department have to study the cost-effectiveness of different packages of care.

Dr. Vaughan

The Department's research and development programme includes various studies relating to the cost and effectiveness of different arrangements for care, separately and in combination, in the health and personal social services. Details of the programme are published in the annual DHSS handbook of research and development.