§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Prime Minister if she will list the Government Departments which have been or will be funding research into AIDS, giving the amount that each Department contributed to this work for 1989–90 and 1990–91; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI have been asked to reply. The latest available information about expenditure by central Government on AIDS research in 1989–90 is as follows:
£ Medical Research Council 113,100,000 Other Research Councils 2,909,700 Department of Health 496,000 Health Education Authority 1,000,000 National Institute of Biological Standards and Control 440,000 Public Health Laboratory Service 1,100,000 Scottish Home and Health Department 163,000 Overseas Development Administration 533,306 1 Includes expenditure on work commissioned by the Department of Health. Figures for 1990–91 are not yet available.