Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 113486
Eyesight: Research
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026
Question
Mark Pritchard
Conservative — The Wrekin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of medical research funding has been allocated to eye research in each of the last five financial years; and what proportion of that funding has been directed towards age-related ma
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research. In the last five financial years it has awarded £26.2 million on eye research which has included £6.2 million on age related macula...
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