Brain: Tumours
Commons · Question 20923 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Derek Twigg
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has provided for child brain tumour research in each year since 2015.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 9 Jan 2025
The Department invests £1.5 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £121.8 million in 2022/23. Cancer is a major area of NIHR spend, reflecti...