§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the funding agencies responsible for financing research into asthma and other related illnesses in Wales since 1986.
§ Mr. GristResearch into asthma is carried out at the asthma research unit based at Sully hospital. Funding for this unit is made available from the South Glamorgan health authority. The Medical Research Council is the main Government agency for the promotion of medical and related biological research in England and Wales; their remit extends to research into asthma.
§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the amounts, on an annual basis, allocated by the Government for research specifically into asthma in Wales since 1986.
§ Mr. GristAsthma research is currently being conducted at the asthma research unit funded by South Glamorgan health authority. No other research specifically into asthma in Wales has been funded by this Department since 1986. Research into asthma has, however, been supported under the joint England and Wales programme of health research, some under the auspices of the medical research council.