Bowel Cancer: Research
Commons · Question 30093 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on funding bowel cancer research.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 17 Feb 2025
Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 2023/24. C...