Written question asked by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 September 2019 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Monday, 30 September 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Cancer: Research
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government allocated to cancer research in each financial year since 2009.
- Answer
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The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level of research spend in a particular area, such as cancer, is driven by factors including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.
The NIHR’s expenditure on cancer research constitutes the largest investment in a disease area, and expenditure since 2009 is set out in the attached table.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 290349
- Session
- 2017-19
- Attachment
- PQ290349 table
- Subjects
- Cancer Expenditure Research
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2019-09-30 18:34:10 +0100
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