Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28636

Cancer: Children

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 14 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the funding available for research into children cancers.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 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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