Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116605

Breast Cancer: Research

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Alex Easton

IndependentNorth Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with UK Research and Innovation on increasing funding for research into invasive lobular breast cancer.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department for Health and Social Care, with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and Tec...

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