Pandemic Fund
(asked on 13th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending funding for the international Pandemic Fund on future pandemic resilience.
Answered by
Chris Elmore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
While the UK is not investing further in the Pandemic Fund, we remain committed to building pandemic prevention, preparedness and response capability in partnership with developing countries, including through our other multilateral investments - such as in the World Health Organisation, Gavi and the Global Fund - and our diplomatic engagement.
An Equality Impact Assessment of Official Development Assistance programme allocations for 2026-2027 to 2028-2029 was published on 19 March 2026, and is available on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-official-development-assistance-programme-allocations-2026-2027-to-2028-2029-equality-impact-assessment).