Question follow-through · 30093
Bowel Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on funding bowel cancer research.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 7 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
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on funding bowel cancer research.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 2023/24. C...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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