§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of the budget of each regional health authority is spent on research into hyperbaric medicine; and what information he has on expenditure on hyperbaric medicine of other EC countries for each of the last three years;
(2) what percentage of the budget of each regional health authority has been spent on hyperbaric medicine for the last three years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not available centrally.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the extent of Government funding of research into hyperbaric medicine.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant-in-aid through the Office of Science and Technology under the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. I understand that the MRC is currently funding a number of research projects into hyperbaric medicine at its clinical research centre at Northwick Park.
The Department of Health is not currently funding any research into hyperbaric medicine.