Question follow-through · 9793
Epilepsy: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for epilepsy research.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for epilepsy research.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Department delivers research via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Between 2020/21 and 2024/25, the NIHR invested £12.8 million in direct research funding on epilepsy. This investment in epilepsy research allows us to develop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Necrotising Enterocolitis: Research
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of necrotising enterocolitis.