Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether pharmaceutical companies have voluntarily contributed scientific (a) knowledge, (b) data and (c) intellectual property to the covid-19 Technology Access Pool since its inception in May 2020.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently establishing the governance structures, and refining the operating model for the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), including undertaking stakeholder consultations in which the UK has participated. The WHO maintains the details of any contributors to this initiative.