Lord Booth

The Department is significantly increasing the resource on Pension Credit to ensure it processes claims as quickly as possible, with approximately 500 additional staff being deployed to support the increase in applications generated from the successful Pension Credit take-up campaign.

The Department currently works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims.

Average Actual Clearance Times are measured weekly. The table below shows Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) from the end of week commencing 2nd September to the end of week commencing 21st October, in working days.

Please note.

• The data shown is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
• These figures will not align to previous PQ responses due to retrospective updates as the data is sourced from live systems.

HIV remains a key priority for the Government, which has committed to ending new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. As such, the Government has committed to commissioning a new HIV Action Plan for 2025-30 which we aim to publish by summer 2025.

The Department, the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England and a broad range of system partners are working together to develop the new HIV Action Plan. The Department are also working with a range of external stakeholders including the voluntary and community sector, and hosting engagement sessions which aim to inform the development of the new Action Plan.

The five objectives of the plan will be to:

• ensure equitable access and uptake of HIV prevention programmes;
• scale up HIV testing;
• optimise rapid access to treatment and retention in care;
• improve quality of life for people living with HIV and address stigma;
• stabilise and support system enablers.

HIV remains a key priority for the Government, which has committed to ending new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. As such, the Government has committed to commissioning a new HIV Action Plan for 2025-30 which we aim to publish by summer 2025.

The Department, the UK Health Security Agency, NHS England and a broad range of system partners are working together to develop the new HIV Action Plan. The Department are also working with a range of external stakeholders including the voluntary and community sector, and hosting engagement sessions which aim to inform the development of the new Action Plan.

The five objectives of the plan will be to:

• ensure equitable access and uptake of HIV prevention programmes;
• scale up HIV testing;
• optimise rapid access to treatment and retention in care;
• improve quality of life for people living with HIV and address stigma;
• stabilise and support system enablers.

In 2022, there were an estimated 99,000 people living with HIV in England, and 108,500 in the United Kingdom, both diagnosed and undiagnosed. Of those, 94% were receiving treatment.

This data is from 2022, and was published by the UK Health Security Agency on the GOV.UK website, in an online only format. Estimates for 2023 will be released on 28 November 2024.

In 2022, there were an estimated 99,000 people living with HIV in England, and 108,500 in the United Kingdom. Of those, 5% were unaware of their HIV status.

This data is from 2022, and was published by the UK Health Security Agency on the GOV.UK website, in an online only format. Estimates for 2023 will be released on 28 November 2024.