Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 4.83 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, whether the £20 million of funding announced doubles the existing funding for dementia research; and from which Department's budget the funding comes.

The £20 million of funding comes from the £121 million in funding announced as a first response to Lord O’Shaughnessy’s recommendations on improving the UK’s commercial clinical trial offer. This £20m is part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's budget. This funding forms part of our manifesto commitment to double dementia research funding by 2024/25.