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Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide funding for research into the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease in UK universities.

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 2 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 4 Sept 2025
Answer: 11 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide funding for research into the (a) prevention and (b) treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease in UK universities.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government does not generally ringfence funding for particular areas of research but has funded a significant amount of applicant-led funding on arthritis and musculoskeletal disease.In 2024, UKRI’s Medical Research Council (MRC) committed over £17 mi...

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