The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which has a broad portfolio of research on child health.<\/p>
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The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications for funding 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>
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The following table shows information provided by the NIHR on research funding on child health, over each of the last five years. Further information on this research is available through the NIHR Journals Library at the following link:<\/p>
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Financial Year<\/p><\/td> | £<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013-14<\/p><\/td> | 30,743,719<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2014-15<\/p><\/td> | 56,062,172<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2015-16<\/p><\/td> | 56,210,594<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2016-17<\/p><\/td> | 59,976,363<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2017-18<\/p><\/td> | 60,373,126<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gosport"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-31T11:40:04.19Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health: Children"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has invested in child health research in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4036", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luciana Berger"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Liverpool, Wavertree"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Luciana Berger"} ], "uin" : "213340"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1023902", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1023902/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As set out in the answer to Question 170818, the review is expected to deliver its report to the Department by the end of the year. It will be published in due course, following peer review.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thurrock"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jackie Doyle-Price"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-17T14:47:09.997Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Health: Children"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 170818 on Health: Children, what the planned publication date is for the Social Care Policy Research Programme review of the effectiveness of interventions for children and young people aged 3-18 years who have experienced adverse childhood experiences.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewisham, Deptford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Vicky Foxcroft"} ], "uin" : "201687"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997268", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/997268/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with Cabinet colleagues to discuss a wide range of important issues.<\/p> <\/p> The Department, through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) invests in a wide range of research on children and families, including a new Children and Families Policy Research Unit which will start in January 2019.<\/p> <\/p> Additionally, the NIHR\u2019s Global Health Research Team has met twice this year with United Kingdom funders of research for International Development convened by the UK Collaborative on Development Research to discuss existing and future investment in reproductive, maternal and neonatal health research. Participants include the Department for International Development, Welcome Trust and UK Research and Innovation.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/991213/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Improving children\u2019s mental and physical health is a top priority for this Government and will be pivotal in our long-term plan for the National Health Service, which we are backing with additional funding of an extra £20.5 billion a year by 2023/24. This follows the existing National Maternity Safety Ambition to halve the 2010 rates of neonatal deaths (as well as stillbirths, maternal deaths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth) by 2025, and to achieve a 20% reduction in these rates by 2020. Achieving this ambition would place the United Kingdom amongst other high-income countries with the lowest stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report entitled Child health in 2030 in England: comparisons with other wealthy countries, published in October 2018 what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report; and what steps he plans to take to prevent the negative health outcomes for children and young people by 2030 that are projected within that report.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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