Mrs. LiddedTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the total amount of funds made available by the Government for research into the causes and eradication of cancer in Scotland for each of the last 20 years. [34251]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe main agency through which the Government support biomedical and clinical research throughout the UK is the Medical Research Council, which receives its grant in aid from the Department of Trade and Industry. I understand that MRC expenditure on research into cancer was £13.2 million in 1994–95, the latest full year for which figures are available. It is not possible to extract the spend in Scotland from these figures without incurring disproportionate cost.
In addition to the MRC, the chief scientist office of the Scottish Office also supports research within Scotland, and has identified the causes and eradication of cancer as one of its priority areas. The information showing its spend on cancer research, for the years in which figures are available, is set out in the table:
Year Amount £ 1989–90 112,862 1990–91 82,561 1991–92 181,113 1992–93 454,391 1993–94 963,910 1994–95 762,720 1995–96 521,210
§ Mrs. LiddellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of(a) breast cancer, (b) lung cancer, (c) bowel cancer and (d) stomach cancer there have been in each of the last 20 years in Scotland. [34250]
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Lord James Douglas HamiltonThe information is set out in the table which shows the numbers of registrations for specific cancers in Scotland for the years 1975 to 1994. These have been extracted from the database of the Scottish cancer registration scheme.
Numbers of cancer registrations in Scotland for specific tumour sites for the years 1975–1994 Breast Large Year of registration Female Male Total Lung Bowel Stomach 1975 2,335 31 2,366 4,116 2,603 1,319 1976 2,242 25 2,267 4,035 2,549 1,342 1977 2,359 13 2,372 4,105 2,643 1,299 1978 2,411 22 2,433 4,396 2,730 1,289 1979 2,283 26 2,309 4,557 2,622 1,273 1980 2,504 7 2,511 4,468 2,696 1,293 1981 2,478 19 2,497 4,572 2,747 1,365 1982 2,593 18 2,611 4,616 2,780 1,309 1983 2,590 17 2,607 4,669 2,711 1,287 1984 2,625 23 2,648 4,839 2,807 1,258 1985 2,543 17 2,560 4,830 2,818 1,337 1986 2,634 16 2,650 4,636 2,926 1,240 1987 2,691 10 2,701 4,749 2,896 1,226 1988 2,693 13 2,706 4,625 2,829 1,228 1989 2,782 8 2,790 4,599 3,022 1,166 1990 2,987 20 3,007 4,713 3,146 1,104 1991 3,180 20 3,200 4,794 3,088 1,097 1992 3,216 13 3,229 4,952 3,073 1,127 1993 3,102 22 3,124 4,803 3,273 970 1994 3,043 15 3,058 4.636 3,249 1,035