HC Deb 13 March 1995 vol 256 cc404-5W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to initiate research into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Sackville

The 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.

Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the cardiac diseases researched by her Department and the amount spent on each, for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Sackville

The list of research projects recently commissioned by the Department of Health on coronary heart disease—cardiac disease—and their cost is as follows:

Recently completed researchthe effects of passive smoking: review and analysis of data on the contribution of passive smoking to coronary heart disease (1–11–93 to 30–4–94—£24,335);British Regional Heart Study: prediction and prevention of cardiovascular disease (1–10–85 to 31–12–95—4311,807);Lipids and coronary heart disease (1–1–87 to 31–3—92£25,000);Coronary heart disease: the role of the GP (1–10–90 to 30–9– 92—£181,232);Randomised controlled trial of coronary risk factor intervention (1–1–93 to 31–12–93—£299,192);National Study of Health and Growth: assessing coronary disease risk factors and bronchial reactivity in children (1–12–91 to 31–12–92—£30,123);(All the amounts quoted for research are for the entire duration of each project).Ongoing ResearchNottingham Heart Attack Register (1–8–88 to 31–3—98£657,283);Whickham revisited: cardiovascular proposal (1–3–93 to 28–2–95—£83,000);Prospective markers of anti-oxidant status in relation to future cardiovascular disease, lung and stomach cancer (1–4–93 to 31–3–95—£183,972);CSAG: Waiting times for coronary revascularisation (1–10–94 to 31–1–95;£38,489);Development and validation of a weight-losing dietary intervention to reduce the risk of diabetes and CHD in South Asians (1–7–94 to 31–12–96—£176,987).

Figures for on-going projects are estimates.