Written questions

Brain Cancer: Research

Commons · Question 25126 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 27 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23243, if he will publish a breakdown of spending on brain cancer research in 2023-24, including UK Research and Innovation funding bodies.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 27 Jan 2025

Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department of Health and Social Care invests over £1.5 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was ...