§ Mr. Ian Taylor:To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding he gave to the National Asthma Campaign for research into the causes of asthma in the last two years. [131160]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson:The Department does not allocate funds directly to charities for research. The Department funds research to support policy and the delivery of effective practice in the national health service. Research funds are provided to research contractors on the basis of individual proposals. The Department also provides support to NHS trusts to allow work funded by others such as the research councils, charities and other funders to be conducted within the NHS. The Department is funding research on air pollution and asthma and a project on the effect of a low allergen indoor environment on exacerbations of asthma.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor:To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that results of research commissioned by the Department into asthma are cross-referenced for scientific inquiry and international studies. [131161]
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§ Miss Melanie Johnson:The Department encourages publication of scientifically robust results arising from its commissioned research relating to asthma. Publication is normally in peer reviewed journals indexed on standard bibliographic databases.