To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the additional funding for dementia provided by his Department will be distributed to all constituent parts of the UK; and what proportion of such funding Northern Ireland will receive.
Responsibility for healthcare in Northern Ireland is devolved and funding is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
The combined value of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding for research into dementia will increase from £26.6 million in 2009-10 to an estimated £66.3 million in 2014-15.
The Department is responsible for health research in England and funds research through the NIHR. MRC and ESRC funding is available throughout the United Kingdom, and allocation is subject to open competition and peer review.
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