HC Deb 18 May 1995 vol 260 cc314-5W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the research work his Department sponsors on HIV/AIDS which incorporates international co-operation. [24694]

Mr. Horam

A list of current research work into AIDS/HIV funded by my Department through the research councils, and involving international co-operation has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This list show the titles of the projects, by whom they were carried out and, where information is available, the resources allocated.

Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the research work sponsored by his Department and the amount spent on each project for AIDS/HIV treatment and prevention for the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [24693]

Mr. Horam

The Medical Research Council provided data in answer to a similar question on 11 May 1995, and this was placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Equivalent information for the other research councils

Grant Holder Grant Title Duration Cost
Research supported by the Economic and Social Research Council
Dr. M. Lyons University of London AIDS and women—the history of sexually transmitted disease and epidemic of HIV/AIDS in East Africa 1 November 1992 to 1 October 1995 £129,460
Dr. P. G. Forster Hull University AIDS, the local community and traditional health practitioners in Malawi 30 June 1993 to 30 September 1995 £2,790
Dr. J. Bujra Leeds University Gender relations as a key aspect of the fight against AIDS/HIV in Tanzania 1 September 1994 to 1 September 1996 £150,000
Dr. N. P. McKeganey Glasgow University An Ethnography of a late teenage population exposed to intravenous drug misuse and HIV 1 February 1988 to 31 January 1991 £137,690
Dr. D. V. McQueen Edinburgh An integrated study of AIDS-related behaviour 1 August 1988 to 31 December 1990 £264,850
Dr. H. A. Klee Manchester Polytechnic The potential for HIV transmission among amphetamine users in the North West: a study of sexual and social lifestyles 1 July 1989 to 31 December 1991 £79,550
Dr. G. M. Breakwell Surrey University Social and behavioral consequences of HIV/AIDS for 16–21 year olds 1 October 1988 to 31 March 1993 £308,621
Dr. R. Ingham Southampton University Social aspects of risk reduction in the light of the threat of HIV infection 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1991 £136,182
Dr. M. J. Bloor A sociological study of the context of AIDS media messages and audience responses 1 September 1988 to 31 August 1991 £198,590
Dr. M. A. Plant HIV/AIDS risks, alcohol and illicit drug use and young adults 1 July 1992 to 30 September 1992 £3,260
Dr. G. Semin Sussex University The transmission and formation of AIDS-related representations in adolescence 1 December 1987 to 31 January 1991 £136,980
Dr. J. Holland London University Young women, sexuality and the limitation of AIDS 31 October 1988 to 30 September 1990 £70,926
Research supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (all at the Institute for Virology and Environmental Microbiology, Oxford)
Dr. P. A. Nuttall Aids diagnosis 1 October 1987 to 31 September 1990 £60,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Expression, purification and in vitro activity of the HIV encoded regulatory protein ART/TRS 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1990 £86,000
Dr. I. M. Jones AIDS vaccine development 1 April 1988 to 31 March 1991 £125,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Expression of simian immunodeficiency virus proteins 1 September 1989 to 31 March 1993 £200,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Structure and function of recombinant HIV antigens 1 May 1990 to 30 April 1993 £114,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Analysis of CD4 binding repertoire of natural GP120 molecules 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1995 £194,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Furin and maturation of lentivirus glycoproteins 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1996 £111,000
Dr. P. A. Nuttall Virology and environmental microbiology 12 March 1993 to 1 September 1995 £65,000
Dr. I. M. Jones Fundamental and comparative studies on the structural proteins of HIV and SIV 1 October 1993 to 30 September 1995 £359,000
Dr. P. Roy Development of virus-like particle (VLP) candidate vaccines for human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) produced by baculovirus multigene expression vectors 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1996 £58,000