Asthma: Children
(asked on 18th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on research into the prevention and treatment of paediatric asthma in each of the last five years.
The following table shows estimated expenditure on research relating to the prevention and treatment of paediatric asthma 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
2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |
Medical Research Council | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
National Institute for Health Research | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
Total | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
Total spend by the NIHR on research relating to the prevention and treatment of paediatric asthma is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these topics cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.