Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of NHS funding has been spent on dementia research since 2015; and if he will make a statement.

The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research which spent £36.7 million on dementia research in 2015/16; and through its Policy Research Programme which spent an additional £0.9 million on dementia research, to total £37.6 million. All Government spending on dementia research in 2015/16 was £96.4 million, the Medical Research Council contributing £55.4 million. Information on spending for 2016/17 is not yet available. National Health Service spending in 2015/16 was £116.4 billion.