HC Deb 13 February 1997 vol 290 cc287-8W
Mr. Nigel Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people(a) were treated for and (b) died

Unit Allocation 1996–97 £000 New Contract start date End date
Dartington Social Research Unit (University of Bristol) 565 January 1996 December 2000
Personal Social Services Research Unit (University of Kent) 1,230 April 1996 March 2001
Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit (University of London) 429 January 1996 December 2000
Clinical Operational Research Unit (University of London) 210 January 1996 December 2000
Social Medicine and Health Services Research Unit (University of London) 478 January 1996 December 2000
Thomas Coram Research Unit (University of London) 702 January 1996 December 2000
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (University of Manchester) 1,550 January 1995 December 2004
National Institute for Social Work (University of Manchester) 417 January 1996 December 2000
Childhood Cancer Research Group (University of Oxford) 372 April 1996 December 2000
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (University of Oxford) 728 January 1996 December 2000
Medical Care Research Unit (University of Sheffield) 333 January 1996 December 2000
Centre for Health Economics (University of York) 338 August 1996 July 2001
Social Policy Research Unit (University of York) 417 January 1996 December 2000

Programmes of work will be placed in the Library shortly.

Mr. Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the funding allocated by his Department for research into skin diseases for each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [15270]

Mr. Horam

The Department of Health policy research programme has provided funding for research on skin cancer only in each of the last five years as follows:

Years £000
1992–93 0
1993–94 31
1994–95 84
1995–96 75
1996–97 339
1997–981 464
1 Estimate.
from (i) skin cancer and (ii) other skin-related ailments in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [15335]

Mr. Horam

Information on the number of people treated for skin cancer is not available. Data on deaths certified as due to malignant melanoma of the skin (ICD* 172) and other skin cancer (ICD*173), as well as deaths from non-cancerous skin diseases (ICD*680–709), can be found in table 2 of the Office for National Statistics annual publication "Mortality statistics: cause", series DH2, numbers 18 and 19 (for 1991 and 1992) and in tables 3 and 4 of "Mortality statistics: cause" 1993 (revised) and 1994, series DH2, number 21. Copies are available in the Library.