HC Deb 05 February 1958 vol 581 c184W
92. Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Minister of Health, as representing the Lord President of the Council, if he will state the total sums expended by the Medical Research Council in each of the last three years for which figures are available, and the relative amounts spent on research into mental disorder.

Mr. Walker-Smith

The total expenditures by the Medical Research Council, together with the corresponding figures for expenditure on research into mental health, were:

Total expenditure Amount spent on research into mental disorders
£ £
1954–55 2,177,247 23,300
1955–56 2,480,656 30,000
1956–57 2,688,779 58,000

The amounts quoted do not take account of expenditure of a similar order in the fields of neurology and psychology, which are closely allied to psychiatry.