Autism: Research

(asked on 21st July 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding they have committed to research into autism in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
This question was answered on 27th July 2015

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the main agencies through which the Government supports medical and clinical research. MRC expenditure on autism in each of the last five years is as follows:

Year

£m

2010/11

£2.4m

2011/12

£2.6m

2012/13

£2.8m

2013/14

£2.7m

2014/15

£2.8m

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