Question follow-through · 97682
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support research teams undertaking long-term cancer prevention and early-detection research.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support research teams undertaking long-term cancer prevention and early-detection research.
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology invests approximately £200 million annually in cancer research via UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) spent £141.6 million in 2024/25 via the Nationa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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