Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30093

Bowel Cancer: Research

Tabled: 10 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on funding bowel cancer research.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 2023/24. C...
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