Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total spending of his Department was on health and disease related research in each of the last five years.
The total spend on centrally commissioned health and disease related research by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office over the last five financial years is as follows:
2016/17 - £84.65 million
2017/18 - £122.08 million
2018/19 - £132.33 million
2019/20 - £155.41 million
2020/21 - Final and audited spend for 2020/21 will be published in our annual report later this year.