§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what conveniently available figures he has for the costs of research, work and treatment of malaria and related disease.
§ Mr. FreemanThere is no central figure available for the cost of treatment of malaria and related disease. The number of cases of malaria notified in England and Wales in 1986 (the latest year for which figures are available) was 1,663.
The main agency through which the Government support medical and related biological research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science. In the financial year 1987–88, the total cost of projects with relevance to malaria supported by the MRC was approximately 1.8 million. The MRC is always willing to consider soundly based research proposals for funding in competition with other applications.