Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle inequalities in access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among (a) the black community and (b) women.

The Government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030. The Department, NHS England, and the UK Health Security Agency are working together on the development of the new HIV Action Plan which we aim to publish this year. We continue to engage and consult with a range of system partners and stakeholders, including local authorities, as we develop the plan. The plan will consider ways to expand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services and improve equity and access to PrEP for all communities, focusing on underserved groups such as the black African community and women.