§ Mr. BentonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is being spent on specific tinnitus research; and what plans she has to increase the sums.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research is the Medical Research Council which receives its grant-in-aid from the office of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Medical Research Council is an independent body deciding what research to support on its own expert judgment.
In 1991–2 the Medical Research Council spent £129,000 on research directly related to tinnitus and in 1992–93, the last year for which figures are available, it spent £131,000.