Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for increasing funding awards for brain tumour research, particularly for research on brain tumours in children.

In May 2018 the Government announced £40 million over five years for brain tumour research as part of the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This includes research on brain tumours in children.

The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including brain tumours. As with other Government funders of health research, the NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas. The level of research spend in a particular area, is driven by factors including scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.