§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has commissioned into the causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis. [79186]
§ Ms BlearsThe Department has asked the Medical Research Council (MRC), which receives its grant-in-aid from my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Trade And Industry, via the Office of Science and Technology, to develop a broad strategy for advancing biomedical and health services research on chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). The MRC has appointed an independent scientific advisory group, which will draw on the report of the Chief Medical Officer's Working Group, published in January 2002, on other recent expert reviews in this field and on research reported in the peer reviewed literature. The MRC is committed to the development of a research strategy for CFS/ME that will advance understanding of the aetiology, epidemiology and
1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 Region Expenditure £ Expenditure £ Expenditure £ Expenditure £ Expenditure £ Expenditure £ Northern & Yorkshire not available 6,028,667 6,714,833 7,504,774 9,670,403 11,687,978 Trent not available 5,960,334 7,697,702 10,064,129 12,885,286 16,582,418 West Midlands not available 16,939,663 20,265,855 26,503,757 32,564,528 37,964,326 North West not available 9,570,017 13,211,621 17,857,451 23,917,194 31,022,389 Eastern not available 14,055,474 15,719,904 22,670,380 30,951,975 42,387,041 London not available 108,202,417 111,628,043 130,573.228 180,665,901 202,308,850 South East not available 21,586,155 29,963,665 41,469,988 52,808,574 66,046,899 South West not available 9,153,908 11,136,944 15,581,455 18,192,822 27,431,981 England Total 166,631,983 191,496,635 216,338,567 272,225,162 361,656,683 435,431,882 Source:
1. Annual financial returns for NHS Trusts, 1995–96–2000–01
2. Annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals, 1995–96
3. Annual financial returns for health authorities, 1996–97–2000–01
4. Annual financial returns for primary care trusts, 2000–01
Information on expenditure on non-NHS nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff broken down by NHS trust has been placed in the Library. The Department is unable to disaggregate agency nursing costs only, nor provide information on bank nurses as requested.