HC Deb 29 January 1992 vol 202 cc588-9W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by standard region(a) the research institutes operated for, or on behalf of, his Department and the total employment thereat, (b) the total number of such institutes and the total employment therein and (c) if he will express the regional totals as a percentage of the national totals.

Mr. Dorrell

The Department provides funding in support of research through its centrally commissioned research—CCR—programme, the national health service and a number of non-departmental public bodies.

Information in the form requested is available only for the research units funded under the CCR. This is set out in the table. Further information on the CCR is contained in the "DH Yearbook of Research and Development 1990" a copy of which is available in the Library.

As a result of our new R and D strategy announced last April, we expect an increase in employment opportunities for health researchers in coming years.

Region Unit/Programme No. of Staff
7. South East Thames Region 1. Personal Social Services Research Unit 26
2. Nursing Research Unit 15
3. Social Medicine and Health Service Research 35
4. National Study of Health and Growth 5
4. Unit for Metabolic Medicine 6
Regional Total = 87
8. South West Thames Region 1. Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit 10
2. Nursing Practice Research Unit 9
Regional Total = 19
9. Wessex Region
10. Oxford Region 1. Unit of Clinical Epidemiology 19
2. National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit 14
3. Childhood Cancer Research Group 12
Regional Total = 45
11. South Western Region 1. Dartington Social Research Unit 13
Regional Total = 13
12. West Midlands Region 1. Wolfson Research Laboratories 33
2. General Practice Research Unit 10
Regional Total = 43
13. Mersey Region
14. North Western Region 1. Hester Adrian Research Centre 10
2. Centre for Primary Care Research 6
Regional Total = 16
15. Wales 1. Centre for Social Policy Research & Development (North Wales) 11
2. Mental Handicap in Wales—Applied Research Unit (Cardiff) 9
Regional Total = 20
RD1
RD2 27.1.1992 Grand Total = 391