§ Baroness O'Cathainasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the total sum of government money spent on research into (a) prostate cancer and (b) AIDS; and what is the annual number of deaths due to each. [HL5023]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathIn 2000–01, the latest year for which complete information is available for the United Kingdom, the total government expenditure on research into prostate cancer was estimated to be £2 million and on research into AIDS was estimated to be £21 million. In 2000, in the United Kingdom, the total number of deaths due to prostate cancer was 9,280 and the total number of deaths due to HIV/AIDS was 418.
The total government expenditure in 2000–01 on prostate cancer research includes £1.2 million by the Department of Health on directly commissioned research. The department is committed to increasing this expenditure to £4.2 million a year by 2003–04. The total government expenditure in 2000–01 on cancer
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Probable route of infection Year of diagnosis Sex between men Sex between men and women Injecting drug use Blood/Blood factor Mother to child Other/un-determined Total 1984 or earlier* 684 26 312 569 — 26 1,617 1985 2,112 54 276 686 3 98 3,229 1986 1,989 156 448 89 10 75 2,767 1987 1,747 237 382 50 10 83 2,509 1988 1,380 241 230 25 13 62 1,951 1989 1,452 359 212 29 16 72 2,140 1990 1,700 534 200 24 29 56 2,543 1991 1,712 646 241 24 36 56 2,715 1992 1,639 780 187 24 57 53 2,740 1993 1,498 766 203 17 66 63 2,613 1994 1,480 793 168 17 60 53 2,571 1995 1,465 849 181 20 59 65 2,639 1996 1,539 837 172 21 60 56 1,685 1997 1,390 1,005 168 27 82 51 2,723 research was estimated to be £190 million, and an unquantifiable proportion of this will have been spent on research that is relevant to many types of cancer, including prostate.