Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of spending on cancer research services in England in (1) 2019–20, and (2) 2020–21.
The Department invests in health research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR’s expenditure on cancer research was approximately £138 million in 2019/20. Expenditure for 2020/21 is currently being validated and will be published at the end of 2021.