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Hereditary Diseases: Research

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 89237

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much money has been allocated through the the UK Research and Innovation fund to research into mitochondrial diseases in each of the last five years.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Medical Research Council (MRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), committed £55,650,000 since 2020 to research into mitochondrial disease.

2020

£9,283,000

2021

£11,063,000

2022

£13,416,000

2023

£9,738,000

2024

£12,150,000

Additionally, MRC awarded the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MBU), which focuses entirely on mitochondrial disease, £39,489,000 over this period.

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