Eating Disorders: Research

(asked on 12th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the additional funding for health-related research and development, as outlined in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, will be used on improving understanding of the (a) causes, (b) prevention and (c) treatment of eating disorders.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 18th November 2021

The Spending Review settlement provides £5 billion for health-related research and development. The National Institute for Health Research’s budget will be finalised as part of a detailed financial planning process. The distribution across health research areas will be confirmed before funding is made available in April 2022.

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