HC Deb 02 December 1985 vol 88 c126W
Mr. Kirkwood

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what additional funds have been made available by his Department for research into acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and on what they have been spent.

Mr. Hayhoe

Research in the United Kingdom is proceeding through six projects funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) which recieves grant-in-aid from the science vote of the Department of Education and Science. The total cost is about £431,000, of which my Department is contributing £59,000 to two of these projects.