Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of spending on research into the causes and treatment of dementia; if he will make a statement.
The Government remains strongly committed to supporting research into dementia and the United Kingdom research community is playing a significant role in the global effort to find a cure or a major disease-modifying treatment by 2025.
In the Challenge on Dementia 2020, the Government has committed to double spending on research by 2020. This is equivalent to around £60 million per annum and we have met and exceeded this to date. Much of the investment is for research to better understand the nature of dementia, to inform development of future treatments and ways to prevent the onset of the condition.