Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the announcement in the recent International Development Strategy to reduce multilateral funding from 40 per cent to 25 per cent of Official Development Assistance on (a) UK funding to tackle malaria and (b) the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The International Development Strategy (IDS) emphasises that global health will remain a top priority. We will continue to deliver our health commitments on COVID-19; build strong health systems; promote a One Health approach and work towards ending preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children. We will maintain essential partnerships with multilateral organisations to achieve these objectives and tackle global challenges that the UK cannot solve alone. The UK remains committed to tackling malaria, which is closely linked to our ambition to end preventable deaths. The Global Fund remains a key partner for the UK in the shared fight against HIV, TB and malaria. We are reviewing the Global Fund's investment case for the 7th replenishment and deciding our precise contribution in line with delivering the new IDS.