Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74630

Obesity and Respiratory Diseases: Research

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department funds research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obesity.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department, through the National Institute for Health and Care Research, has awarded £133 million into obesity research grants over the last five years. It has awarded £78 million into research grants exploring chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in...
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