Matthew Pennycook – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Matthew Pennycook on 2015-10-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government funding for science on the provision of infrastructure for cancer research.

Joseph Johnson

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of Government funding for science on the provision of infrastructure for cancer research. The Government has committed to invest £6.9bn in science infrastructure to 2021 including £150m for clinical research infrastructure, elements of which can benefit cancer research. Wider information about funding for cancer research is available from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). The NCRI is a UK-wide partnership between government, charities and industry which provides co-ordination and co-operation in UK cancer research and works to ensure that the c£500m pa funding from NCRI partners for cancer research is spent efficiently.