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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2015 (named day). It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Monday, 9 February 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Psychology

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has invested in research into psychological therapies in each of the last four years.

Answer

The following table shows estimated expenditure on research on psychological therapies by the Medical Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, and by the National Institute for Health (NIHR) through its research programmes and research fellowship schemes.

£ million

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Medical Research Council

2.6

2.0

2.6

3.4

Economic and Social Research Council

n/a

0.1

0.1

0.3

National Institute for Health Research

7.8

9.0

13.1

18.8

Total

10.4

11.1

15.8

22.5

Total spend by the NIHR on research on psychological therapies is higher than this because expenditure on this topic by the NIHR Clinical Research Network and other NIHR research infrastructure cannot be fully disaggregated from total expenditure through these funding streams.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
223261
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Mental health services Research Psychology
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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