Disease Control: Research

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology written question – answered at on 18 April 2024.

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Photo of Chi Onwurah Chi Onwurah Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation)

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department has provided to support research into pandemic preparedness in the financial year 2023-24.

Photo of Andrew Griffith Andrew Griffith Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

DHSC are the lead department for pandemic preparedness, a core element of the UK Biological Security Strategy.

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