To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 251W, on social care: research, if he will place in the Library a copy of the findings of the research by the Personal Social Services Research Unit. (284466)

The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) report, “Analysing the costs and benefits of social care funding arrangements in England: technical report, Forder, J. and Fernandez, J-L, PSSRU Discussion Paper 2644, 2009” has been published today (6 July 2009).

The report is available from the following website:

www.pssru.ac.uk/pdf/dp2644.pdf

and a copy has been placed in the Library.

Additional research by the PSSRU will be published in due course.