§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of research projects funded by his Department on the relationship between youth unemployment and health;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a list of research projects funded by his Department on the relationship between unemployment and health.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe Department is not currently supporting any research specifically on the relationship between unemployment and health in any age group but the following projects were completed in 1986:
- (i) Study of the relationship between unemployment and health (Professor W. W. Holland, United Medical Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas' hospital).
- (ii) 1971 census circumstances and changes 1971–81 according to economic position in 1981 census (Professor A. J. Fox, the City University, London). This project formed a small part of City university's analyses of the longitudinal study census sample, some of which have focused on the association between unemployment and mortality.