§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the amounts of grant in aid to the Medical Research council for each of the past 10 years, and the percentage change in real terms in each of these years.
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§ Sir Keith JosephThe following table shows the information requested in cost terms figures. These have been derived by adjusting the cash outturn for past years and the cash provision for 1983–84 and 1984–85 to a base of average 1982–83 prices, using the deflator for gross domestic product at market prices.
Year Grant-in-aid Actual £ million Grant-in-aid *Cost terms £ million Percentage change per cent. 1975–76 34.0 78.6 +1.0 1976–77 38.9 79.4 -4.4 1977–78 42.3 75.9 +0.8 1978–79 47.1 76.5 +4.2 1979–80 57.3 79.7 +6.9 1980–81 72.7 85.2 †+27.2 1981–82 101.7 108.4 -0.8 1982–83 107.5 107.5 +0.3 1983–84 113.7 107.8 -1.6 1984–85 117.2 106.1 *Base of average 1982–83 prices. † Large increase in 1981–82 was due to transfer of commissioning money from the Health Departments to the grant-n-aid.