Written question asked by Martyn Jones (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 June 1996. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 June 1996 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: What plans his Department has to incorporate ill health due to poverty in future statistics.

Answer: Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to incorporate ill health due to poverty in future statistics; and if he will make a statement.[31849] Mr. Horam: Through its public health information strategy, the Department of Health has agreed a common information framework to ensure that information about the health status of the population is collected and analysed in a consistent way. That framework includes a number of socio-economic variables, to enable analysis of the association between health and socio-economic status.

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