§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of extra spending announced for the NHS in the recent Budget will be allocated for treatment of and research into diabetes; [59324]
(2) how much his Department plans to invest into long term cures for diabetes type one over each of the next five years; [59322]
(3) how much type one diabetes has cost the NHS in treatment over each of the last five years. [59323]
§ Mr. LammyInformation is not collected centrally how much Type 1 diabetes costs the national health service in treatment, but it has been estimated that around 5 per cent. of total NHS resources are used for the care of people with diabetes.
The Budget provides the highest sustained growth in NHS history, with annual average increases of 7.4 per cent. in real terms over the five years 2003–04 to 2007–08. Decisions about the allocation of the increased funding will be announced later this year.