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<p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has had no such discussions.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure by the Department’s National Institute for Health
Research (NIHR) on cancer research is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>£ million</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>104.1</p></td><td><p>133.2</p></td><td><p>129.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A figure for 2014/15 is not yet available. Data is not available
for total NIHR research spend on specific cancer sites as site-specific data cannot
be disaggregated from total expenditure through NIHR research infrastructure funding
streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for
research into any aspect of human health, including pancreatic cancer. These applications
are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made
on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services,
value for money and scientific quality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR has
recently awarded £290,986 to University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
for a phase II trial of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of cystic
tumours of the pancreas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NIHR Research Design Service
is available to help prospective applicants, including applicants in pancreatic cancer
research, develop and design high-quality proposals for submission to NIHR itself
and also to other national, peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health
or social care research. The service provides expert advice to researchers on all
aspects of preparing grant applications in these fields, including advice on research
methodology, clinical trials, patient involvement, and ethics and governance.</p><p>
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