HC Deb 10 December 1985 vol 88 cc610-1W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what studies into child nutrition have been undertaken by or for his Department since 1979.

Mr. Whitney

The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys has undertaken three such studies for the Department since 1979: a survey of infant feeding practice in 1980, a dietary survey of schoolchildren, the fieldwork for which was done in 1983, and a 1985 survey of infant feeding practice, for which fieldwork is currently in hand.