Written question asked by Lord Jenkin of Roding (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 June 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 June 2014. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Monday, 16 June 2014 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Alzheimer's Disease

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much public money is spent annually on research into Alzheimer’s disease; and what is their estimate of the amount spent on such research by commercial and charitable sources.[HL31]

Answer: Since 2009-10, dementia research funded by Government through the National Institute for Health Research, the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council has almost doubled, from £28.2 million to £52.2 million in 2012-13. Over the same period, funding by the charitable sector has increased, from £4.2 million to £6.8 million in the case of Alzheimer’s Research UK and from £2 million to £5.3 million in the case of the Alzheimer’s Society. Data on annual expenditure on dementia research by commercial sources are not available.

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