National Institute of Health Research
(asked on 11th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the funding allocated by the National Institute of Health Research to each region for the most recent year for which figures are available.
Most (88.6%) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding is awarded to organisations that are geographically based, but some funding is awarded to national bodies and organisations (11.4 %). The Department does not hold information on a geographical basis about how this funding is then distributed. The figures provided in the table below shows gross NIHR spend which includes contributions from the devolved administrations and other bodies to NIHR funded research programmes. Net spend was £1,035.7 million.
NIHR Funding of Research by Region 2016-17
Region | Regional Total £ million | Percentage |
East Midlands | 49.4 | 4.6% |
East of England | 84.9 | 7.9% |
London | 311.1 | 29.1% |
North East | 46.0 | 4.3% |
North West | 78.3 | 7.3% |
South East | 139.1 | 13.0% |
South West | 66.9 | 6.3% |
West Midlands | 74.4 | 7.0% |
Yorkshire and Humber | 76.9 | 7.2% |
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Scotland | 14.9 | 1.4% |
Wales | 3.9 | 0.4% |
Northern Ireland | 2.8 | 0.3% |
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National | 121.6 | 11.4% |
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Grand Total | 1,070.3 | 100.0% |