Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to increase funding research into the third type of diabetes.

The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including diabetes and dementia; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.