Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding for the Government’s HIV Action Plan.

The Government remains fully committed to achieving zero new HIV transmissions in England by 2030.

In March 2020, we announced that the HIV prevention drug PrEP would be routinely available across England. New funding of £11m was made available in 2020/21 and an additional £23m was added to the public health grant in the current financial year.

The Department of Health and Social Care is currently developing a new Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy and an HIV Action Plan, both of which are planned for publication later this year.