Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

(asked on 29th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in Official Development Assistance budget on UK antimicrobial resistance research projects carried out (a) by the One Health Poultry Hub and (b) overseas.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 21st April 2023

The Government has committed £1.5bn in additional resources to support people fleeing oppression in Ukraine and Afghanistan. Recognising these significant and unanticipated costs, the UK remains committed to the use of ODA to fund research that can provide new solutions to critical challenges in development, and. We have robust mechanisms in place to assess the impact and value-for-money of our ODA-funded research programmes, which along with the priorities established by UK International Development Strategy, such as global health, are used to inform spending decisions on projects such as those linked to Antimicrobial Resistance.

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