What funding will be allocated to (a) medical research and investigation into causes of autism and (b) treatment of autism in each of the l…

Answered Asked by Carolyn Leckie SSP Lodged 9 Jan 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be allocated to (a) medical research and investigation into causes of autism and (b) treatment of autism in each of the last three years.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 Jan 2004 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The Chief Scientist Office, (CSO), within the Scottish Executive Health Department, has responsibility for funding and supporting research into health and health care needs in Scotland. The CSO has allocated the following funding for research into autism in each of the last three years. This research relates to treatment and not to causes of autism.
2001-02
| £35,324

2002-03
| £100,994

2003-04
| £43,650

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-05410 by reference.