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date	24/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Cancer: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding his Department has spent on cancer research in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	95941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a partner organisation of BEIS, funds research relating to cancer across all UKRI councils.</p><p> </p><p>The table below presents spend data for each of the relevant Research Councils for each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Cancer research</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UKRI spend £m<strong>[i]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>98.1</p></td><td><p>116.9</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>114.4</p></td><td><p>119.1</p></td><td><p>125.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MRC spend £m</p></td><td><p>96.2</p></td><td><p>102.7</p></td><td><p>93.4</p></td><td><p>96.3</p></td><td><p>101.6</p></td><td><p>106.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BBSRC spend £m</p></td><td><p>Data not available</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESRC spend £m</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes on cancer research figures</em></p><ol><li><em>Spend figures include data provided by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC).</em></li><li><em>Spend data for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK (IUK), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Research England (RE) and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) are not provided.</em></li><li><em>BBSRC spend data for 2015/16 is unavailable.</em></li><li><em>MRC and BBSRC spend is provided by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI). Spend is based on the percentage of each research project that is relevant to cancer research.</em></li><li><em>ESRC total spend for each relevant grant is included in the data above.</em></li><li><em>BBSRC</em> <em>spend figures represent underpinning bioscience research relevant to cancer. BBSRC does not fund research directly to understanding specific human diseases.</em></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 02/12/2022 14:06:59 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

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registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) capping or (b) greater regulation of the profits of Distribution Network Operators to help give consumers greater confidence in the equity of energy bills.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	85021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>Ofgem uses the price control process to set the amount that Network Operators can spend and the returns they can make on investment, in a way that allows the funding needed for a more resilient, low-carbon network while protecting consumers from excessive costs. The Government engages regularly with Ofgem and the network companies throughout the development of the price controls. The next electricity distribution network price control will commence in April 2023, with Final Determinations from Ofgem expected shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/11/2022 17:00:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan