§ Dr. IddonTo 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 CooperIn 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.