HC Deb 29 January 1997 vol 289 cc293-4W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list Government funding for research at university institutions in Wales, broken down to show the departments to which funding was awarded in(a) 1992–93, (b) 1993–94, (c) 1994–95 and (d) 1995–96. [13178]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

Information is not available for individual departments within higher education institutions in Wales. Information on research income for the former public sector institutions prior to 1994–95 is not available. The available information is shown in the table.

Category Number of cases
As a result of a specific disease or disablement, there would be a substantial risk to physical or mental health if the claimant were found fit for work 19
The claimant suffers from a severe uncontrolled or uncontrollable disease 37
The claimant has a previously undiagnosed life-threatening condition 1
The claimant is due to have a major surgical operation or other major therapeutic procedure within the next three months 1
Base1 1,156
1 All cases in the survey for which full information is available.

1 Taken from a survey of incapacity benefit claimants attending for examination in November 1995 where the examining doctor advised that the claimant fell into an exceptional circumstances category.

2 Two claimants fell into two categories so that the total number of cases covered by the exceptional circumstances categories with scores below the threshold in the functional part of the test was 56.