Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to help improve the (a) quality of life and (b) life expectancy of people diagnosed with HIV and resident in West Ham constituency; and what steps she is taking to help target her Department’s response to affected communities.

Local government is responsible for commissioning local HIV prevention activities, including those in Newham, which is funded through the Public Health Grant.

In December 2021, we published ‘Towards Zero: the HIV Action Plan for England - 2022 to 2025’ which sets out actions at a national, regional and local level to ensure the most affected communities are targeted.