§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total amount which has been allocated during the current financial year for research into the condition known as tinnitus by his Department.
Table: Senior hospital doctors: (England) (Whole-time equivalent) per 100,000 in-patient cases treated 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 England 222 220 222 227 220 218 215 217 Northern 217 214 220 236 223 220 220 220 Yorkshire 188 181 188 194 183 178 177 178 Trent 201 200 197 206 198 198 195 200 East Anglia 239 224 228 242 231 228 229 226 North West Thames 253 251 256 242 243 239 241 240 North East Thames 236 234 238 244 238 232 239 240 South East Thames 231 234 234 232 231 223 212 220 South West Thames 246 249 250 250 244 238 238 245 Wessex 216 213 208 216 211 214 214 208 Oxford 216 214 216 230 224 231 228 233 South Western 211 213 215 218 213 209 206 205 West Midlands 217 215 216 220 213 209 206 212 Mersey 210 214 211 216 207 205 203 202 North Western 198 203 204 212 206 206 200 203 SHAs and BGs 372 376 372 387 392 408 399 405 Notes to the Table
(1) Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff in the grades of consultants, associate specialists and hospital practitioners within
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§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 6 May 1988]: I understand that the Medical Research Council, the main Government agency responsible for the promotion of medical and related biological research, and which receives its grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science, is funding some research into this condition and spent some £131,000 in 1986–87, the latest year for which information is available. Details are available in the MRC handbook, a copy of which is in the Library.
The Department is not currently funding any research into tinnitus and has not allocated funds for such research in 1988–89.