Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will implement a national PrEP Action Plan as part of the HIV Action Plan.

Through the implementation of the HIV Action Plan, we are considering how to improve equitable access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all population groups and in settings outside of specialist sexual health services. We are currently gathering evidence to understand why some population groups who would benefit from PrEP are under-represented and to identify potential barriers to access. The evidence will be considered by the PrEP Access and Equity Task and Finish group and will inform the development of a plan to improve PrEP access and equity in due course.