HC Deb 10 June 1986 vol 99 c163W
Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has to raise grant-in-aid to the Medical Research Council.

Mr. Walden

The amount of the Medical Research Council's grant-in-aid is decided by my right hon. Friend in the light of advice which he receives from the advisory Board for the Research Councils. The grant-in-aid for 1986–87 is £128.3 million. The grant-in-aid for 1987–88 will be decided later in the year, in the light of decisions on the science budget and of further advice from the ABRC.