Thank you for contacting me about cancer research and clinical trials.
Cancer survival rates have increased year-on-year over the past decade. I recognise the vital importance of investing in research as a way to drive up survival rates even further. That is why over £882 million in government funding has been spent on cancer research across the UK since 2010.
The Government funds ground-breaking medical research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR does not allocate funding for specific disease areas, with the level of research spend in a particular area instead driven by factors such as scientific potential and the number and scale of successful funding applications.
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