A question on #LongCovid #ChildrenAndYoungPeople tabled by Victoria Collins on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Ashley Dalton.

Heading: Long Covid: Children and Young People
Question ID: 1807622
UIN: 56054
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5201
Asking Member display name: Victoria Collins
Asking Member handle: TweetingCollins
Asking Member Twitter reference: @TweetingCollins
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding has been allocated by his Department for research into the (a) causes, (b) treatment, and (c) long-term effects of long covid in children and young people.
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4981
Answering Member display name: Ashley Dalton
Answering Member handle: AshleyDalton_MP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @AshleyDalton_MP
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Answer text: The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, the NIHR and the Medical Research Council (MRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, have jointly inve...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true