To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research the National School for Social Care Research has (a) undertaken and (b) published since its establishment; and what research projects are ongoing at that school. (290391)

The National Institute of Health Research’s School for Social Care Research became operational on 1 April 2009 and published its first call for research proposals in July. The school has begun a small number of preliminary studies, but none has reached the publication stage.

More information about the school and its research activities can be found on-line at:

www.lse.ac.uk/collections/NIHRSSCR/.