Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £50 million in funding allocated to targeted motor neurone disease research can be accessed.

The Government has committed to make £50 million available for motor neurone disease (MND) research over the next five years through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The NIHR and UKRI rely on researchers submitting high-quality applications to access funding. All applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality.