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Ms. Richardson
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what levels of funding have been made available for research into meningitis and related illnesses in each of the last 10 years; and what plans for future development he has for research in this area.
Mrs. Currie
The main Government agency for the promotion of medical and related biological research is the Medical Research Council which receives its grant-in-aid from the Department of Education and Science. I
Mrs. Currie
The last review of age structure of NHS buildings in England, which was conducted in 1981, showed the following:
| Approximate percentage | |
| Built before 1890 | 7 |
| Built between 1891 and 1918 | 74 |
| Built between 1919 and 1939 | 5 |
| Built between 1940 and 1964 | 6 |
| Built after 1964 | 8 |