Written questions

Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 83595 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) research into and (b) the treatment of low-grade glioma; and whether he plans to increase that funding.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 30 Oct 2025

The Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).The NIHR is continuing to invest in brain tumour research. Working with stakeholders from across the research community, in Se...