Respiratory System: Diseases

Health written question – answered am ar 14 Mawrth 2013.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Bob Blackman Bob Blackman Ceidwadwyr, Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was invested in each of the last three years by (a) his Department, (b) the Medical Research Council and (c) the National Institute for Health Research on research into (i) lung cancer, (ii) adult asthma, (iii) pneumonia, (iv) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (v) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, (vi) mesothelioma and (vii) childhood wheezing and childhood respiratory infection.

Photo of Daniel Poulter Daniel Poulter The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

Expenditure by the Department's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through research programmes, research centres and units, and research training awards on research on these specific topics is shown in the following table.

£ million
  2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Lung cancer 0.1 0.5 1.3
Adult asthma 1.3 1.4 1.3
Pneumonia 0.2 0.2 0.2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.1 1.3 2.7
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mesothelioma 0.0 0.0 0.0
Childhood wheezing and childhood respiratory infection 0.7 1.0 1.7

Total spend by the NIHR on research on these topics is higher than the figures shown because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on these topics cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.

In addition, the Department's Policy Research Programme funded research relating to asthma through an award to the Social Medicine and Health Services Research Unit at Imperial College London that ended in 2011. The total value of the unit award was £2.9 million.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Figures for MRC expenditure on these specific topics are not available.

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