Question follow-through · 4032
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department plans to increase funding opportunities for epilepsy research.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department plans to increase funding opportunities for epilepsy research.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department delivers research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Departmental investment in the NIHR facilitates the direct funding of research projects through NIHR programmes, support for researchers to develop and conduc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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