Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding UK Research & Innovation (a) has allocated to work on long covid by financial year to date and (b) will allocate to that matter in the next five financial years.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have funded around £31 million in long Covid awards to date.

Detailed allocations for specific programmes for this Spending Review period will be set out in due course.