§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the amount of 489W money spent on medical research in each of the last 10 years broken down into (a) the total figure per year, (b) the percentage spent on AIDS and (c) as a percentage of the total research budget.
Mr. JacksonThe main agency through which the Government support medical research is the Medical
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Grant in aid to MRC Amount of (a) spent on specific programmes of AIDS research (b) as a percentage of (a) Science Budget (a) as a percentage of(d) £ million £ million Percentage £ million Percentage 1979–80 57.2 — — 333 17.2 1980–81 86.6 — — 396 21.9 1981–82 101.5 — — 440 23.1 1982–83 107.5 — — 469 22.9 1983–84 113.7 — — 504 22.6 1984–85 117.2 0.1 0.1 535 21.9 1985–86 122.3 0.4 0.3 571 21.4 1986–87 128.3 0.7 0.5 603 21.3 1987–88 139.8 3.7 2.6 658 21.2 1988–89 149.6 5.0 3.3 709 21.1 In addition, universities and medical schools support a range of medical research, including AIDS research, from block grants provided by the Universities Funding Council (formerly the University Grants Committee). Other medical research is supported by the health authorities.