Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for additional research into reactive hypoglycaemia.

The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which has a broad portfolio of research into diabetes and related symptoms.

The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including reactive hypoglycaemia. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.