Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase research into (a) the causes of and (b) treatment options for chronic migraine disease.

The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) into a range of conditions, including chronic migraine. The NIHR promotes participation in research through the Be Part of Research service, which features chronic migraine research studies seeking participants. Further information is available at the following link:

https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/

The NIHR also invites proposals for new research into the causes and treatment of conditions through its website, which is available at the following link:

https://www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/suggest-a-research-topic