Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided for the research and development of (a) diagnostics, (b) drugs, (c) vaccines and (d) applied health systems research for Tuberculosis in each of the last five years.
The UK Government is a global leader in investment in Research and Development for TB, second only to the US.
The table shows the funding provided by the Department for International Development for research for Tuberculosis (TB) in each of the last five years.
| Spend on TB Research in £m | ||||
| 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
a) diagnostics | 0.98 | 0.71 | 0.70 | 1.40 | 2.45 |
b) drugs | 6.00 | 8.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 | 9.00 |
c) vaccines | 3.30 | 1.90 | 1.60 | 1.36 | 1.59 |
d) applied health research | 2.62 | 3.04 | 4.56 | 2.90 | 2.76 |
Total | 12.90 | 13.65 | 13.86 | 9.66 | 15.80 |