§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in each of the last five years how much his Department spent on supporting research into (a) deafness and (b) tinnitus; in each year how many projects were supported; and how many of them were new ones in that year.
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§ Mr. RossiThe information requested is as follows. It covers research carried put in England and Wales.
1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Deafness Expenditure on research (£000s) 69.8 54.1 64.9 91.9 113.1 Number of projects supported 10 9 8 9 5 Number of new projects started 6 2 0 1 1 Tinnitus Expenditure on research (£000s) - - - 4.1 13.5 Number of projects supported - - - 1 1 Number of new projects started - - - 1 0
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the money spent by his Department in supporting research goes on work related to (a) deafness, (b) blindness, (c) physical disability and (d) mental disability.
§ Mr. RossiThe proportions of DHSS spending in 1981–82* on research on health and personal social services and social security for these areas are as follows:
Per cent. Deafness 0.8 Blindness 0.8 Other forms of physical disability 7.3 Mental Handicap 6.3 Mental Illness 8.4 Total spending on HPSS and social security research in 1981–82 was £13,899 million.
* The latest year for which outturn figures are at present available.