Cancer: Research
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has provided for research into (a) prevention and (b) the treatment of cancer in each of the last 12 years.
The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds cancer research, including research into prevention and treatment. The following table shows NIHR spend on cancer research between 2010/11 to 2021/22. The information on allocation to prevention and treatment research is not held.
Financial Year | Total Spend |
2010/11 | £100 million |
2011/12 | £104 million |
2012/13 | £133 million |
2013/14 | £129 million |
2014/15 | £134 million |
2015/16 | £142 million |
2016/17 | £137 million |
2017/18 | £136 million |
2018/19 | £132 million |
2019/20 | £138 million |
2020/21 | £73 million |
2021/22 | £98 million |