Brain: Tumours

About this written question

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Answering body

Department of Health and Social Care

Tabled

28 Aug 2026

Target answer date

2 Sept 2026

Answer

18 Sept 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 28 Aug 2026

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding decisions for brain tumour research reflect the prevalence and clinical impact of low-grade glioma.

2. 2 Sept 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 18 Sept 2026

   Answer published

   Some of the data requested by the Hon. Member is not centrally held, but on the wider issues raised, I refer him to the answer provided on 3 March in response to Question 115098. Available data on this issue is also published by the National Institute for...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.