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Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 2024. It was answered by Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 February 2024 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Cancer: Research

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for research into (a) prevention and (b) the treatment of cancer in each of the last 12 years.

Answer

The Department invests over £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £121.8 million in 2022/23.

When categorising prevention and treatment, the Department and NIHR uses the Health Research Classification System (HRCS) Health Category coding, which was developed by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Partners and was designed to produce a broad strategic overview of health research funding.

The NIHR have funded 127 projects on cancer prevention for the period April 2012 to date with a combined total funding value of approximately £90.3 million:

F/Y

Funded projects

Funding Amount

2012/13

7

£3,735,044

2013/14

8

£2,858,223

2014/15

16

£7,281,782

2015/16

12

£9,206,926

2016/17

8

£3,503,717

2017/18

26

£25,467,753

2018/19

8

£5,428,968

2019/20

10

£12,099,536

2020/21

8

£4,346,694

2021/22

12

£8,892,741

2022/23

12

£7,529,430

total

127

£90,350,814

The NIHR have funded 685 projects on cancer treatment for the period April 2012 to date with a combined total funding value of approximately £302.4 million:

F/Y

Funded projects

Funding Amount

2012/13

56

£23,937,981

2013/14

44

£19,765,569

2014/15

53

£27,226,212

2015/16

54

£26,887,042

2016/17

70

£19,930,361

2017/18

62

£22,760,373

2018/19

52

£18,283,962

2019/20

66

£18,683,770

2020/21

76

£35,330,181

2021/22

90

£55,518,331

2022/23

62

£34,115,891

total

685

£302,439,673

The NIHR Infrastructure investment funds the world-class facilities, expertise, and skilled delivery workforce for research across the National Health Service and wider health and care system in England from early translational clinical research through to applied health and care research. It is difficult to attribute this funding to specific disease and therapy areas as the staff and facilities funded through the NIHR Infrastructure supports research across disciplines.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12230
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Cancer Finance Research
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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