PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Motor Neurone Disease: Research (23 April 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the allocation of funding from the public purse for motor neurone disease research to above £5 million per year.
Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)
Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)
Answer
Over the past five years, the Government has spent a total of £55 million on motor neurone disease (MND) research. In 2019/20, the Department, through the National Institute for Health Research, spent £2.7 million on MND research. Additionally, UK Research and Innovation, through the Medical Research Council, spent £13.4 million on MND research in 2019/20. We are currently working on ways to significantly boost further research on dementia and neurodegeneration, including MND.
Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
28 April 2021
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