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Question follow-through · 23243

Brain Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a breakdown of spending on brain cancer research in 2023-24.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a breakdown of spending on brain cancer research in 2023-24.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jan 2025

    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). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 202...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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