§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money he allocated for cancer research in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [36048]
§ Yvette CooperIn 2000–01, our investment in cancer research was about £190 million. The Department spent £83.8 million, and the health departments of the devolved administrations spent £12.4 million. The Medical Research Council (MRC) has estimated that it spent £58 million on cancer research, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has estimated that the universities spent £26 million of their allocations from HEFCE on cancer research. The other research councils spent a total of £9.9 million.
Comparable figures for previous years are not available, because, for example, the MRC has improved its methods of capturing data and identifying relevant expenditure. But the Department spent £77.4 million on cancer research in 1999–2000, £75.6 million in 1998–99 and £53 million in 1997–98.