Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget was allocated to combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria (a) before 23 June 2017 and (b) currently.

The UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy, 2013-2018, published in September 2013, had no associated funding to support implementation. All activity has been supported from within existing business plans of the organisations committed to tackling AMR.

A record of what is spent directly on tackling AMR is not centrally maintained but examples of funded initiatives include NHS England’s use of Quality Premium and Commissioning for Quality and Innovation programmes to drive down inappropriate prescribing and a range of AMR research investments and awareness raising initiatives.