To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has invested in dementia research (a) since 2018, (b) in the financial year ended 5th April 2021, and (c) in the current financial year.
Answered on
5 January 2022
Government spending on dementia
£m | 2018-19 | 2019-2020 |
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | £31.6 | £29 |
Medical Research Council (MRC) | £45.2. | £42.1 |
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | £6.1 | £4.6 |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBBSRC) on neuroscience | £30 | £29 |
Total | £112.9 | £104.7 |
Figures for the current financial year 2021/22 not yet available.
Answered by
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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