§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 December 1999,Official Report, column 465W, on departmental research contracts, if he will (a) state total expenditure on research let by his Department since May 1997 and (b) list the titles of all research contracts let by his Department during 1999 and costing £20,000 or more, stating what is the value of each contract, and in each case whether the contract included (i) departmental veto over publication of the research results, (ii) departmental control over the date of publication of the research and (iii) a requirement that the final research results incorporate departmental amendments. [107095]
§ Yvette Cooper[holding answer 1 February 2000]: Since 1997 the total expenditure on research contracts let by the Department through departmental and National Health Service research and development budgets is as follows:
Policy Research Programme expenditure:
632W
- 1997–98: £26.2 million
- 1998–99: £27.3 million
NHS research and development programme expenditure on directly commissioned projects:
- 1997–98: £75,847,000
- 1998–99: £73,437,000
NHS research and development programme expenditure on allocations to NHS providers:
- 1997–98: £350,019,000
- 1998–99: £350,959,000.
Information about individual research contracts is collectable only at disproportionate cost.
Details of medical and related research funded or supported by the Department can be found in the National Research Register. This is available in the Library and in most medical libraries on CD Rom, and on the internet: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nrr.htm.
Copies of model contracts for the Department's Policy Research Programme and the NHS research and development programme are in the Library.