§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the research programmes funded by her Department which were in progress on 1 January, with(a) the title of the programme, (b) the location of the research team, (c) the name of the director, (d) the start and end dates of the contract for the programme, (e) the actual or planned amount of funding each year and (f) whether the question of renewal of the contract is being 99W or has been considered and, if so, the outcome of any decision made or whether negotiations are still under way. [24143]
§ Mr. MaloneThe Department of Health has arrangements with 13 universities for long-term research programmes: these are listed in annexe C of the report "Centrally Commissioned Research Programme", copies of which are available in the Library.
Peer review by site visit to all units was completed last year. The outcome of all the visits was favourable and directors have been informed that departmental funding will continue for a further five years after the expiry of their current contracts.
In addition to its long-term funding, the Department currently has in the region of 230 contracts for individual research projects.