Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new treatments for people living with Parkinson's disease.

The Government has committed to invest at least £375 million in neurodegenerative disease research over the next five years to fund projects into a range of diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. This funding will be made available through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The NIHR and UKRI welcome funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including new treatments for people living with Parkinson’s disease. The usual practice of the NIHR and UKRI is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics. All applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In 2019/20, the NIHR and UKRI provided a combined £15.3 million for research into Parkinson’s disease.