Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's influence within the WHO compared with other countries.

The United Kingdom is a prominent and active member of the World Health Organization (WHO).

The UK currently holds seats on key WHO governing bodies including the Executive Board and uses participation at these meetings to scrutinise the WHO for delivering on its commitments and to raise UK priorities. The UK is also the third largest sovereign donor to WHO after the United States and Germany, with £340 million of fully flexible core funding from 2020 to 2024 to enable the WHO to address UK global health priorities. Of this funding, 30% is conditional based on performance to ensure value for money for the taxpayer.