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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Friday, 8 June 2007.

Health: Stem Cell Therapy

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 22 May, what were the total number of applications for stem cell project licence funding and the percentage of applications that were successful in drawing down funds for embryonic stem cell research and adult stem cell research respectively.
Answer

For stem cell research to take place in the United Kingdom, it must be licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Stem cell research projects do not receive public funds unless all necessary permissions have been granted. Information on the provision of research funding by type of stem cell research is not routinely collected. However, I am informed that for the 140 projects supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC) during the 2004-05 financial year, spend on different categories of stem cell research, including adult, foetal and embryonic stem cells, is shown in the table.

Type Sum of spend % of total
Adult £6,641,440 47.1%
Embryonic £6,225,558 44.2%
Embryonic/adult £633,939 4.5%
Embryonic/foetal £168,790 1.2%
Embryonic/foetal/adult £138,887 1.0%
Foetal £108,479 0.8%
Foetal/adult £171,125 1.2%

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4043; 692 c223WA
Session
2006-07
Related items
Embryology
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Written questions
House of Lords
Embryology
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Expenditure Research Stem cells
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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