Question follow-through · 901958

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to fund research into lobular breast cancer.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to fund research into lobular breast cancer.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government doesn’t ringfence funding for specific diseases but is committed to funding cancer research, including lobular breast cancer. The Department of Health and Social Care spent £121.8 million in 2022/23 on cancer research through the National I...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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