PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Parkinson's Disease: Dementia (30 November 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans for the Dementia Research Institute to conduct research into Parkinson's dementia.
Asked by:
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
Asked by:
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour)
Answer
The Prime Minister announced up to £150 million for the UK’s first Dementia Research Institute on 24 November. The institute will cover the full spectrum of discovery science into age-related neurodegenerative diseases that progress to dementia, including Parkinson’s Disease.
Development of the Dementia Research Institute will be led by the Medical Research Council (MRC). In 2016 the MRC will open a competitive process to identify a host for the institute and lead the search for its director.
Answered by:
Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative)
7 December 2015
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