Breast Cancer: Research

About this written question

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Answering body

Department of Health and Social Care

Tabled

4 Nov 2025

Target answer date

11 Nov 2025

Answer

17 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 4 Nov 2025

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for breast cancer research.

2. 11 Nov 2025

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 17 Nov 2025

   Answer published

   Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Cancer is one of the largest areas of spend at ov...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.