HC Deb 13 November 2000 vol 356 c561W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money the Government spent on AIDS research in the financial year 1999–2000; how many new AIDS cases became diagnosed in that year; and how many deaths arising from contraction of AIDS occurred in that year. [135516]

Yvette Cooper

In the financial year 1999–2000, we spent £20.2 million on HIV/AIDS research1. During the same period, 3,714 new HIV/AIDS cases were diagnosed in the UK and 418 deaths due to HIV/AIDS were reported to have occurred.

1 Actual spend by the Department of Health, Scottish Office, Welsh Office, Medical Research Council and other research councils.