§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the breakdown of expenditure on MRSA research proposed by the Department. [177990]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department last year commissioned a £2.5 million strategic programme of research aimed at improving scientific understanding of antimicrobial resistance. £590,000 of that total sum will be spent on projects that will provide useful information relating to best practice in preventing methicillinresistant Straphylococcus aureus.