Cancer: Research
(asked on 7th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and the NHS provided to research projects related to the treatment of cancer in each financial year since 2010-11.
Spend by the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on cancer research is shown in the following table.
| £ million |
2010/11 | 100.9 |
2011/12 | 104.1 |
2012/13 | 133.2 |
2013/14 | 129.9 |
2014/15 | 134.7 |
This funding provides direct and indirect support for research projects relating to cancer aetiology, prevention, screening, detection, diagnosis, treatment and care. Total NIHR spend on research relating specifically to cancer treatment cannot be separated from total cancer research expenditure.