Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether access to the PrEP drug is capped; and whether additional funds will be made available if demand for PrEP appointments exceeds the current ringfenced funding of sexual health clinics.

NHS England and NHS Improvement will supply pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to sexual health services commissioned by local authorities. The Department has provided just over £11 million funding to local authorities to cover the costs of routine commissioning of PrEP for this year. We have also provided a package of materials to support local commissioning. There are no plans to allocate additional funding for PrEP in this financial year.