Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many projects his Department is funding for research into (a) male and (b) female health; and what the cost of those programmes has been in the latest period for which data is available.

The National Institute for Health and Care Research welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including men’s health and women’s health issues. 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.