Motor Neurone Disease

(asked on 15th July 2014) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Portrait
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on research into the causes of, and treatment and cure for, motor neurone disease by all publicly funded departments and bodies in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 23rd July 2014

The following table shows expenditure on research on motor neurone disease (MND) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - a sub type of MND) by the Medical Research Council and by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through its research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships.

£ million

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Medical Research Council

7.5

4.2

4.1

n/a

National Institute for Health Research

0.1

0.4

0.7

0.5

Total

7.6

4.6

4.8

n/a

Total spend by the NIHR on MND/ALS is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on this topic cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.

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