§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list (a) the total grants made by the Medical Research Council in each year since 1965, (b) the grants made by the Medical Research Council, by subject and amount, which have been given to members of the Council, or its committees, as principal investigators or other leading participants in these projects in each year since 1965, and (c) the total grants by the Medical Research Council to members of the Council or its committees, as a percentage of the total grants given by the Council in each year since 1965.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe answer to the first part of the Question is as follows:
Year Total £'000 1965–66 … … … 3,202 1966–67 … … … 3,404 1967–68 … … … 3,677 1968–69 … … … 3,990 1969–70 … … … 4,303 1970–71 … … … 5,904 1971–72 … … … 7,216 1972–73 … … … 8,068 1973–74 … … … 8,778 1974–75 … … … 10,215 1975–76 … … … 13,932 Answers to the second and third parts could not be provided without disproportionate expenditure of time and effort.