Health written question – answered at on 26 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has allocated for research and development of genetic therapies to treat cancer in children in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15 and (e) 2015-16.
In August 2011, the Government announced £800 million investment over five years from April 2012 in a series of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) biomedical research centres and units. From this investment, £0.7 million will fund research on gene therapy for cancer in children.
Total expenditure on gene therapy for cancer in children in each year from 2012-13 to 2015-16 through research programmes, research centres and units, and research training awards will depend on the volume and quality of scientific activity. The usual practice of the NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics: research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including gene therapy for cancer in children. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the scientific quality of the proposals made.
The Department funded no research on gene therapy for cancer in children in 2011-12 through research programmes, research centres and units, and research training awards.
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