Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend opt-out HIV testing to (a) Luton, (b) Leicester, (c) Coventry, (d) Birmingham (e) Bristol and (d) Milton Keynes, in the context of the prevalence of HIV in those areas.

NHS England and NHS Improvement is investing £20 million over the next three years to expand opt-out testing in emergency departments in the highest prevalence local areas to identify new cases of HIV. High prevalence is defined as those areas with five or more cases per 1,000 residents in line with guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. However, as Luton, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham, Bristol and Milton Keynes have lower HIV prevalence levels, there are no specific plans to extend such testing.