Dementia: Research

(asked on 16th December 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has invested in dementia research (a) since 2018, (b) in the financial year ended 5th April 2021, and (c) in the current financial year.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 5th January 2022

Government spending on dementia

£m

2018-19

2019-2020

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

£31.6

£29

Medical Research Council (MRC)

£45.2.

£42.1

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

£6.1

£4.6

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBBSRC) on neuroscience

£30

£29

Total

£112.9

£104.7

Figures for the current financial year 2021/22 not yet available.

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