Brain Cancer: Research
(asked on 14th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the funding they provide for cancer research is spent on brain tumours.
This question was answered on 20th December 2022
The Department invests £1 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR’s research expenditure for all cancers in 2020/21 was £73.5 million and 7.3% was spent on brain tumour research. Information on expenditure in 2021/22 will be available in 2023.