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 adequacy of future funding for the scientific research consortia.

The recent Spending Review settlement provides £5 billion for health-related research and development. This includes an increase of £605 million on 2020/21 funding levels by 2024/25 or a further £2 billion by the end of the Spending Review period.