Written questions

Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 903398 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Charlie Maynard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on how much of the £40 million funding for brain tumour research has been spent.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Mar 2025

Between 2018/19 and 2022/23 DHSC directly invested £11.3 million in brain tumour research projects through the NIHR, plus an estimated £31.5 million in infrastructure enabling 8,500 patients to participate in wider brain cancer research. We are committed...