§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assessment he has made of the implications for funding levels of maintaining simultaneously both a system of clinical/medical research separated from teaching activities and, in certain cases, a system of clinical/medical research linked to teaching in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonNo assessment has been made of the costs of establishing and maintaining two separate systems of clinical/medical research: one linked with teaching and one not so linked. Under present arrangements the Medical Research Council—and other sponsors of medical research—consider the appropriate location for particular research projects: in university departments; in units and institutes linked with universities; or elsewhere. Medical researchers from all these locations may have teaching responsibilities.