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 embed HIV prevention messaging in community support settings, including (a) women’s health groups, (b) GP surgeries and (c) non-health settings visited regularly by people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

Local Authorities have primary responsibility for commissioning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention interventions based on the needs of their local population, including HIV prevention messaging in community support settings such as women’s health groups, general practitioner surgeries and non-health settings.

The Department is investing over £3.5 million to deliver the National HIV Prevention Programme, to work alongside local prevention activities by developing resources for populations most affected by HIV that can be adopted locally and used in a range of settings.