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date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s £800 million budget will be allocated to research into (a) antimicrobial resistance as a whole, (b) rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance, and (c) vaccine technologies to mitigate antimicrobial resistance.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	176684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>As set out in ARIA’s Framework Agreement, ARIA will have maximum autonomy over its research and project choice; its procedures; and its institutional culture. Decisions on the programme portfolio will be set by ARIA, not ministers, and allocation of funding to research projects will be decided by those with relevant technical expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months, ARIA is recruiting its first cohort of Programme Directors, who will help to shape and inform the Agency’s first set of research programmes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/04/2023 10:12:46 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1608727

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of withdrawing £1.6 billion for research for antimicrobial resistance on the UK’s ability to lead the world in that area.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	176685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The £1.6bn returned to HM Treasury, was part of funding put aside in the Spending Review for association to Horizon Europe. As we have been unable to associate in the financial year 2022/23, the departmental underspend was returned to the Exchequer. Any funding required for association in future years will be made available once there is clarity on UK association to EU programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Regardless of whether we reach an agreement with the EU on association, or launch our proposed alternative, the Government will ensure that UK researchers and businesses continue to benefit from world-leading collaboration opportunities in Europe and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/04/2023 10:13:03 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

1608729

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in Official Development Assistance budget on UK antimicrobial resistance research projects carried out (a) by the One Health Poultry Hub and (b) overseas.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	176687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed £1.5bn in additional resources to support people fleeing oppression in Ukraine and Afghanistan. Recognising these significant and unanticipated costs, the UK remains committed to the use of ODA to fund research that can provide new solutions to critical challenges in development, and. We have robust mechanisms in place to assess the impact and value-for-money of our ODA-funded research programmes, which along with the priorities established by UK International Development Strategy, such as global health, are used to inform spending decisions on projects such as those linked to Antimicrobial Resistance.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/04/2023 10:13:12 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup