Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) the Terrence Higgins Trust, (b) the National AIDS Trust and (c) the Elton John AIDS Foundation to inform the HIV Action Plan.

The Department regularly engages with the Terrence Higgins Trust, the National AIDS Trust and the Elton John AIDS Foundation as part of our work on HIV. An oversight group has been established to support the development of the HIV Action Plan and representatives from these groups are members. The first meeting of the HIV oversight group was held in May 2021. These stakeholders are also members of the External Advisory Group for Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and HIV which provides the government with external independent advice and expertise.