asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on research into schizophrenia in each of the last five years; and what proportion each figure was of expenditure on the Health Service research programme.

In 1987–88 funds amounting to £8,973 have been allocated for research related to schizophrenia. This represents 2·82 per cent. of the clinical research budget. No awards for schizophrenia research were made in the previous four years.