HC Deb 13 November 1957 vol 577 c61W
Dr. D. Johnson

asked the Minister of Health, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what was the amount spent in the latest convenient year on research into the causes of mental illness in general and the disease of schizophrenia in particular.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Expenditure by the Medical Research Council during the year 1956–57 on research into causes of mental illness in general was £58,000. Expenditure on research into schizophrenia was approximately half of the total figure. Additional research into mental illness in general, including schizophrenia, was supported within the National Health Service and by universities, medical schools and private funds such as the Mental Health Research Fund. Details of the sums spent on this additional research are not available.