Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regions where cancer outcomes are poorer receive an adequate share of national cancer (a) research investment and (b) clinical trial opportunities.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology invests in cancer research via UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Department of Health and Social Care via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). UKRI is committed to ensuring research investment is accessible across the UK. NIHR is committed to ensuring the research they support is representative of the populations they serve, with national coverage across the whole of England. The Department of Health and Social Care has increased funding for research infrastructure schemes delivering cancer research outside the Greater South-East.