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qWio3ko9	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	AikLY2Nw
	answer has answering person	Neil John O'Brien
	answer text	<p>The Department of funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including recreational drugs, it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. In September 2022, the Department and the Joint Combating Drugs Unit, in partnership with NIHR, launched a £5 million innovation fund to reduce demand for illicit substances. The fund will be run in three phases, phase one will focus on the development of potential interventions, phase two on testing and evaluation of these interventions, and phase three on scale up of interventions that are evaluated as effective in phase two.</p><p>On 8 March 2023 the Department announced £734,000 funding to support five projects through phase one.</p>
	answer given date	2023-03-20
	answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	written answer has answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has written answer	qWio3ko9
Department of Health and Social Care	answering body has answer	qWio3ko9
AikLY2Nw	question has answer	qWio3ko9
Neil John O'Brien	answering person has answer	qWio3ko9