Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2023 to Question 190639 on Kidney Diseases, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding for kidney disease research.

UK Research and Innovation funds research and innovation on a competitive basis, with individual applications being assessed by independent experts. In general, funding is not ring-fenced for specific conditions partly because the causes, treatments and cures for different diseases often overlap. No assessment has therefore been made of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding for kidney disease research.