§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the research(a) currently under way and (b) planned into the reasons for increasing numbers of invalidity benefit recipients, giving the title of the research, its authors, its cost and its completion date in each case.
§ Mr. ScottNo such research is being undertaken by or on behalf of the Department. A large survey of invalidity benefit recipients is planned to start later this year and the detail of this study has yet to be agreed. It is anticipated. however, that much of the work will be undertaken by in-house researchers and the study is likely to take about two years to complete.