§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the projects and centres to which his Department has contributed financially in respect of research into alcohol misuse, with the figure for each such project or centre in the present financial year.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 10 December 1990]: The information is as follows:
Project Title Project co-ordinators Grant in 1990–91 £ Evaluation of a home detoxification service. Forth Valley Health Board 1,000 Antibody Against Acetaldehyde—Protein adducts as possible aversion treatments for modifying alcohol consumatory behaviour and as new tools for identifying chronic alcohol consumption. Aberdeen University 10,000 Literature review on alcohol and young people Law School, University of Strathclyde. 4,000 In addition, the Scottish Home and Health Department has provided funding of £95,000 in 1990–91 towards the cost of the research unit in health and behavioural change at Edinburgh university. Alcohol misuse is one of a range of factors studied by the unit which directly or indirectly cause ill-health.