§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will indicate the breakdown of expenditure in the fight against AIDS for each year since 1984, and including for 1987, the breakdown both before and after the extra £4 million recently allocated.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer the hon. Member to the reply given him by my right hon. Friend on 1 December 1986 at columns525–26. The estimated expenditure for 1987–88, which is not the previous reply is:
1987–88 £ million 1. Health authorities a. Cost of heat-treating Factor 8 2 b. Testing blood donations 2 c. Treatment (£10–20,000 per case) 12–24 d. Counselling, including GUM1 prevention, haemophiliac reference centres, training 4 Total 220–32 2. Public Health Laboratory Service 1.25 3. Publicity 14.0 4. Research 0.3 Total 35.55–47.55 1 GUM = Genito-urinary medicine. 2Of which £7 million to be met centrally. The Medical Research Council has allocated £2–4 million to 21 special projects. This figure includes £250,000 a year,
598Wincluded in the figures paid by the Department to the M RC for the United Kingdom centre for co-ordinating epidemiological research on AIDS. The £4.4 million allocated to three health regions is included in the £7 million met centrally.