Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76441

Rare Cancers: Research

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Steff Aquarone

Liberal DemocratNorth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the availability of research into less survivable cancers; and what steps his Department is taking to incentivise peo

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).The Government is investing in new lifesaving and life-improving research to support those diagnosed wi...

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