§ Mr. HeppellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much Government funding is available for research into leukaemia.
§ Mr. Robert JacksonThe Medical Research Council, the main Government agency for the promotion of medical and related research in the United Kingdom, is funded by grant-in-aid from the science budget through this Department, and is an independent body which normally decides its research priorities on its own expert judgment. In the last financial year, 1991–92, the council's expenditure on projects directly on and related to leukaemia research was £5.4 million. Information on expenditure on leukaemia research by university departments and medical schools or health departments and authorities is not collected centrally.