Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 20 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was spent on cancer research in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years.
Funding for cancer research was centralised in 1999, when the research and development (R&D) office of the HPSS was established. Since then, that office has allocated a total of £5.9 million for cancer research and related education and training initiatives. Details of expenditure on cancer research are not readily available prior to 1999. The R&D office is currently engaged in a major research programme involving some 15 different projects focussing on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Funding for cancer research in Northern Ireland is also available from sources outside the Department, for example the Medical Research Council, the United Kingdom Cancer Research Council, the Imperial Cancer Research Foundation, Action Cancer and the Ulster Cancer Foundation. The pharmaceutical industry also provides funding to support clinical trials in cancer therapy. My Department does not hold information on these initiatives centrally.
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