Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to deliver on the manifesto commitment to double research funding into dementia.

We have committed £375 million for neurodegenerative disease research over the next five years to fund projects into a range of diseases, including dementia. To increase research in this area, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) launched a Highlight Notice on Dementia in March 2021 and a £9 million call inviting research proposals on digital approaches for the early detection and diagnosis of dementia in November 2021.

We will set out our ambitions for dementia research in the forthcoming dementia strategy, which will be published later this year.