§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the light of his Department's commitment to the development of the primary care contribution to an improved mental health service, how much money is currently being contributed by the Department to research in this area; and what are its plans concerning the expansion of such research.
§ Sir George YoungThe cost of the three projects listed in my reply to my hon. Friend on 15 June [Vol. 6, c.266–7] is estimated at £141,400; and the Department's support for the general practice research unit at the Institute of Psychiatry amounted to £146,800 in 1980–81. Much more is of course spent on research on specialist services in this area. The question whether additional research in this field can be commissioned must depend on the availability of financial and scientific resources.