§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to increase funding for research into motor neurone disease.
§ Mr. WaldenThe research councils, which receive grants-in-aid from the Department's science budget, are the main Government agencies for the support of scientific research. They determine their own scientific priorities. Both the Medical Research Council and the Science and Engineering Research Council are funding research into motor neurone disease. I understand that the councils are
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Number of Appeals Disposed of Appeals by Claimant Appeals by Adjudication Officer Number of Appeals Received Allowed Disallowed Remitted to Tribunal Allowed Disallowed Remitted to Tribunal Total England and Wales (a) Sickness benefit 22 2 15 2 — — — 19 (b) Invalidity benefit 111 38 56 6 3 1 — 104 always willing to consider soundly based research proposals for support through their grants scheme in competition with other applications.