§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what support he is giving to microbiological research; and whether he will consider in conjunction with the Science Research Council, the Medical Research Council and the University Grants Committee, the establishment of a national microbiological centre at a British university
§ Mr. FowlerIt is not possible to quantify the expenditure on microbiological research from the grants for which my right hon. Friend is responsible, because it is difficult to isolate this work within
Year (a) Parliamentary Grant-in-Aid (£ million) (b) Cancer Research: Estimated Direct Expenditure (£ million) 1967–68 … … … … … … … … 14.232 1.433 1968–69 … … … … … … … … 15.231 1.465 1969–70 … … … … … … … … 17.141 1.574
ANALYSIS OF COLUMN (b) 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 £ £ £ Medical Research Council establishments 836,758 807,611 879,740 Block grants: Institute of Cancer Research, London 420,000 461,000 485,000 Beatson Institute of Cancer Research, Glasgow 16,000 33,000 35,620 Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute 66,000 80,000 84,000 Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge 5,000 — — Grants and training awards 88,767 83,485 89,640 1,432,525 1,465,096 1,574,000