Friedreich's Ataxia

HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 c388W

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what financial support is given to research into Friedreich's Ataxia.

Mr. Jackson

The Medical Research Council, which receives grant in aid from the Department of Education and Science, spent £197,000 in 1988–89, the last financial year for which figures are available, on research projects which were relevant to Friedreich's Ataxia. The council is always willing to consider soundly based proposals for research funding in competition with other publications. In addition to this, university departments and medical schools, with support from University Funding Council block grants and heath authorities, may be undertaking research into Friedreich's Ataxia, but information on this is not collected centrally.