Medicine: Research
(asked on 20th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to healthcare research in the north of England since 2015.
The following table shows Departmental funding of health research spend by region.
Region | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
East Midlands | 53,308,643 | 49,940,005 | 50,964,257 |
North East | 45,754,401 | 46,962,333 | 45,999,446 |
North West | 81,678,551 | 80,166,883 | 84,646,518 |
West Midlands | 74,657,311 | 74,859,786 | 73,743,832 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 84,010,125 | 80,612,317 | 79,604,621 |
Grand Total | 339,409,031 | 332,541,324 | 334,958,674 |
Note: Official Development Assistance funding paid to domestic organisations are included within regional figures
The main public funder of healthcare research in the United Kingdom is the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which is funded by the Department.
The figures provided show gross NIHR funding to organisations located in regions in Northern England.
The NIHR is not the only public funder of health research. There are other funders, predominantly Medical Research Councils, where the Department does not hold information about the geographical distribution of health research funding. In addition, the figures also exclude national spend that cannot be identified geographically.