Written questions

Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 100476 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October to Question 77603 on Brain: Tumours, what steps he plans to take to incentivise pharmaceutical companies involved in developing vaccines for brain tumours to ap

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 29 Dec 2025

The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In the financial year 2024/25, the NIHR’s reported spend on cancer research was over £141.6 milli...