Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to support UK research and academic institutions to develop new tools to help effectively combat global TB.

The UK Government through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been a leading supporter of TB research and Product Development Partnerships for many years, including the TB Alliance and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics.

Currently, FCDO Official Development Assistance allocations are being finalised to deliver the priorities set out in the International Development Strategy (IDS). In parallel, FCDO teams are developing business plans to deliver the IDS, which will include research and development on health technologies to combat TB.