Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the level of research on (a) understanding, (b) treating and (c) diagnosing Parkinson’s.

The Department funds research into Parkinson’s disease through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

In the last five years, NIHR allocated approximately £14 million to specifically furthering the understanding of Parkinson’s disease research for diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, NIHR has supported the delivery of over 175 studies relating to research into Parkinson’s disease via the Clinical Research Network infrastructure.

Through NIHR-funded Biomedical Research Centres, NIHR is also supporting research into Parkinson’s disease.