§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what financial support his Department is giving to research into food allergies.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Medical Research Council is the main Government agency for the support of biomedical research including research into allergies. I understand that in 1982–83 the council spent approximately £825,000 on research projects related to allergies of which approximately £205,000 was spent on projects relevant to food allergies. Research into food allergies is also carried out in universities and medical schools. Some of this may be financed from funds provided for teaching and research allocated on advice from the University Grants Committee, but information about the resources devoted to such research is not available.