Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what budget has been allocated to Official Development Assistance (ODA) R&D for the 2024-25 financial year; and whether the Government plans to announce funding programmes in addition to the International Science Partnerships Fund to make ODA R&D funding available to researchers.

Continuing DSIT’s commitment to support R&D for international development, the Department has invested £280 million in ODA R&D for activity already live under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and the Newton Fund over this Spending Review period; and, £218 million of ODA R&D for new activity under the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF). Annual spend data will be available through the established “Statistics on International Development” (SID) process.