To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has allocated to research on malaria in each of the last five years; how much has been allocated for these purposes in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. (263497)

For each of the last five years the Department for International Development (DFID)has allocated the following amounts for malaria-specific research:

To date for 2008-09 £3 million has been allocated to research on malaria.

DFID also funds other programmes that include malaria research, but where it is not possible to disaggregate the amounts spent on malaria.