Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding for research into the (a) causes of and (b) treatments for Tourette’s syndrome.

Through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the Department welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including Tourette’s syndrome. While it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions, the NIHR’s funding is available through open competition and researchers are encouraged to submit applications in this area. The NIHR has supported a study on deep brain stimulation in people with Tourette’s syndrome and a digital behavioural intervention for tics in children and adolescents with Tourette’s syndrome.