Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of research funding his Department has allocated to (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary heart disease research.

BEIS received its largest ever R&D budget at Spending Review 2021 with £39.8 billion over the SR period, including an allocation of £25.1 billion to UK Research Innovation (UKRI) which provides significant funding to the aforementioned areas.

Specific funding amounts are not allocated to disease areas in advance as funding is largely distributed via competitive, peer-reviewed application processes.

However, the Government has committed via the Life Sciences Vision to launch healthcare missions, including in Dementia and Cancer. BEIS will be contributing funding to these Missions via UKRI, alongside the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Institute for Health and Care Research.