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Eyesight: Research

Asked by Mark PritchardConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 26 February 2026UIN 113486

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of medical research funding has been allocated to eye research in each of the last five financial years; and what proportion of that funding has been directed towards age-related macular degeneration.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research. In the last five financial years it has awarded £26.2 million on eye research which has included £6.2 million on age related macular degeneration.

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