Written question asked by Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. It was answered by Kanishka Narayan (Labour) on Friday, 21 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Hereditary Diseases: Research
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much money has been allocated through the the UK Research and Innovation fund to research into mitochondrial diseases in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The Medical Research Council (MRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), committed £55,650,000 since 2020 to research into mitochondrial disease.
2020
£9,283,000
2021
£11,063,000
2022
£13,416,000
2023
£9,738,000
2024
£12,150,000
Additionally, MRC awarded the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU), which focuses entirely on mitochondrial disease, £39,489,000 over this period.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 89237
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Expenditure Hereditary diseases Research
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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