Huntington's Chorea

HC Deb 25 November 1991 vol 199 cc391-2W

Mr. Fraser

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spends in research into the cause and cure of Huntington's chorea.

Mr. Eggar

I have been asked to reply.

The Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid through this Department, is the main agency for funding medical research in this country. In the last financial year (1990–91) the council spent £100,000 on research relevant to Huntington's chorea. The council is always willing to consider for support soundly based new scientific proposals in competition with other applications. The health departments, universities and medical schools may also be funding some research on Huntington's chorea but information on this is not collected centrally.