Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help ensure regional and global civil society networks have sufficient funds to respond to the HIV epidemic.

The UK government understands the vital role that regional and global civil society networks play in the AIDS response, in particular in supporting the rights and addressing the needs of inadequately served groups affected by HIV. That is why the UK government played a leadership role with other founding donors in setting up the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund. So far the UK has committed £9 million to this Fund. We will make our decision on future investments to the Fund later this year.