Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who will be the UK delegates attending the 75th World Health Assembly; what are their qualifications; what were the criteria governing their selection; and to whom they will be reporting their deliberations.

The Department’s delegation is led by my Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, supported by the Chief Medical Officer for England.

The delegation also consists of the Department’s Director for International, Deputy Director for Multilateral, the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) Director of Global Operations and the UKHSA’s Consultant in Global Health and Senior Medical Advisor, as senior officials overseeing the United Kingdom’s global and public health policy. All delegates will report to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care as the Head of Delegation.