❓ Details WA State Government funding for specific cancer research types in 2013-2015, allocations for 2015-16, and forward estimates for lung cancer/mesothelioma. Funding is largely project-based, making specific forward estimates difficult.
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(1) Can you please provide a breakdown of the amount of State Government funding spent on medical research specifically into each of the below cancer types, listed by cancer type, during 2013/14 and the 2014/15 financial years: (a) Prostate; (b) Breast; (c) Colorectal; (d) Melanoma; (e) Lung; (f) Leukemia; (g) Bladder; (h) Ovarian; (i) Uterus; (j) Pancreas; (k) Thyroid; and (l) Childhood cancer? (2) Can you please provide a breakdown of the amount of State Government funding allocated to medical research in the above listed cancer types, in the current 2015-16 financial year, and for each of the years in the forward estimates period (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19)?
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Answered
17 November 2015
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
(1)
The amounts presented in the table below refer to research funding that has been identified as originating from the Department of Health, and that has been directed to the different cancer types listed.
2013/14
2014/15
(a)
$36,307
$50,000
(b)
$18,153
$259,008
(c)
$55,487
$156,985
(d)
Nil
$75,000
(e)
$219,800*
$253,697*
(f)
Nil
Nil
(g)
Nil
$18,000
(h)
Nil
Nil
(i)
Nil
Nil
(j)
Nil
Nil
(k)
Nil
Nil
(l)
$180,000
$248,344
*Funding for 2013/14 and 2014/15 both include mesothelioma.
It is noted that although the funding reported above was provided to the different cancer types listed, it was not sourced from funding programs that are specifically dedicated to these cancer types. It was provided as part of general project-based funding programs, such as the Research Translation Projects, Telethon-Perth Children's Hospital Research Fund, amongst others, as well as initiatives coordinated by the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network and the Cancer and Palliative Care Research and Evaluation Unit.
In addition to the funding support listed above, funding was also provided by the Department of Health to research programs and projects that covered multiple cancer types or cancer research in general. This amounted to $454,504 in 2013/14 and to $606,808 in 2014/15.
(2) As at 13 October 2015, in 2015/16, $237,180 had been provided for childhood leukaemia research and $39,880 across breast, lung, colorectal and prostate cancer research.
With the exception of lung cancer/mesothelioma, the Department of Health is unable to provide forward estimates for the remainder of 2015/16 and the period 2016/17 to 2018/19 for the specific cancer types. This is because such funding is contingent upon successful applications for funding from the different areas to the programs referred to in (1).
In the case of lung cancer/mesothelioma, funding will be $200,000 for each of the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Considering cancer research funding provided by Government agencies apart from the Department of Health; it is understood that the Insurance Commission of WA, through the RiskCover Division, has a funding commitment to mesothelioma/lung cancer research for $1.9 million over 2014 to 2017.
The amounts presented in the table below refer to research funding that has been identified as originating from the Department of Health, and that has been directed to the different cancer types listed.
2013/14
2014/15
(a)
$36,307
$50,000
(b)
$18,153
$259,008
(c)
$55,487
$156,985
(d)
Nil
$75,000
(e)
$219,800*
$253,697*
(f)
Nil
Nil
(g)
Nil
$18,000
(h)
Nil
Nil
(i)
Nil
Nil
(j)
Nil
Nil
(k)
Nil
Nil
(l)
$180,000
$248,344
*Funding for 2013/14 and 2014/15 both include mesothelioma.
It is noted that although the funding reported above was provided to the different cancer types listed, it was not sourced from funding programs that are specifically dedicated to these cancer types. It was provided as part of general project-based funding programs, such as the Research Translation Projects, Telethon-Perth Children's Hospital Research Fund, amongst others, as well as initiatives coordinated by the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network and the Cancer and Palliative Care Research and Evaluation Unit.
In addition to the funding support listed above, funding was also provided by the Department of Health to research programs and projects that covered multiple cancer types or cancer research in general. This amounted to $454,504 in 2013/14 and to $606,808 in 2014/15.
(2) As at 13 October 2015, in 2015/16, $237,180 had been provided for childhood leukaemia research and $39,880 across breast, lung, colorectal and prostate cancer research.
With the exception of lung cancer/mesothelioma, the Department of Health is unable to provide forward estimates for the remainder of 2015/16 and the period 2016/17 to 2018/19 for the specific cancer types. This is because such funding is contingent upon successful applications for funding from the different areas to the programs referred to in (1).
In the case of lung cancer/mesothelioma, funding will be $200,000 for each of the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Considering cancer research funding provided by Government agencies apart from the Department of Health; it is understood that the Insurance Commission of WA, through the RiskCover Division, has a funding commitment to mesothelioma/lung cancer research for $1.9 million over 2014 to 2017.
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