Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the loss of funding to medical research charities on health outcomes in (a) cancer, (b) neurological conditions, (c) respiratory conditions (d) other medical conditions.

Medical research charities are an integral part of the United Kingdom’s world-leading life sciences sector and for providing research on health outcomes. The Department is closely liaising with the Association of Medical Research Charities, as well as individual charities, to understand the impact of the pandemic on this sector and identify how best the Government and charities can work together to ensure that patients continue benefiting from charity funded research. This is particularly important for medical research on health outcomes irrespective of the condition.