Friedrich's Ataxia

HC Deb 01 February 1990 vol 166 c351W

Mr. Ted Garrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if any departmental funding of research is provided into the disease Friedrich's Ataxia.

Mr. Freeman

Research related to Friedrich's Ataxia is currently being supported by the Medical Research Council and in 1988–89 the total cost of research projects which were relevant to Friedrich's Ataxia amounted to £197,000. The Medical Research Council is always willing to consider further soundly based proposals for research funding in competition with other applications. The MRC, which receives grant in aid from the Department of Education and Science, is the main Government agency for the promotion of biomedical and clinical research in the United Kingdom. The Department of Health is not currently funding any research on this subject.