Question follow-through · 7071
Pancreatic Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding available for pancreatic cancer research.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding available for pancreatic cancer research.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR's research expenditure for all cancers was £121.8 millio...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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