Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98898

Respiratory Diseases: Research

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Afzal Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that respiratory research challenges funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research will help tackle respiratory disease in adults.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In the last five financial years it has invested £152 million directly into research funding on respiratory health condition...

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