Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to work with the voluntary sector to improve knowledge and understanding around (a) HIV and (b) other blood-borne viruses among (i) police and (ii) fire services in England and Wales.
We have already held productive discussions in January with partners from the sexual health sector about this, in relation to all emergency service workers, including police officers and firefighters. We are planning further meetings with these partners as well as Public Health England, policing and fire partners to ensure that any guidance relating to HIV and BBVs is accurate.