§ Mr. ColemanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what amounts each London borough claimed in excess of the maximum grant available from his Department for(a) single asylum seekers and (b) asylum families with children for (i) 1997–98 and (ii) 1998–99; and if he will make a statement. [120028]
174Wdevelopment in health and social care, and to support effective practice in the National Health Service. The Department also provides NHS support funding for research commissioned by the MRC and charities that takes place in the NHS.
Research is commissioned from the organisations best able to undertake high quality work. Funding is not allocated on a regional basis.
The MRC spent approximately £63 million in 1999–2000 and estimates that it will spend £66 million in 2000–01 on neuroscience and mental health research.
The Department invests approximately £40 million per year on research directly relevant to mental health, £7 million on directly commissioned projects, and £33 million to support work on mental health funded by research councils and charities which is undertaken in the NHS. Management of the research supported by NHS research and development funding in trusts is devolved and details of expenditure at the project level are not currently collected routinely by the Department. It is not therefore possible to give accurate details of expenditure year by year.
Project details of work directly funded by the Department or supported through NHS research and development funding can be found on the National Research Register (NRR). This is available in the Library and most medical libraries on CD Rom, and on the Internet: http://www.doh.gov.uk/nrr.htm. The NRR also contains many details of projects/trials funded by the MRC and other funders.