§ Q50. Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Prime Minister why Her Majesty's Government refused permission for a proposed Department of Health and Social Security-Social Science Research Council jointly funded study into the links between unemployment and mental illness.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
Neither the Department of Health and Social Security nor the Economic and Social Research Council is aware of any refusal of such a proposal for research on unemployment and mental illness.