Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made to measure HIV stigma since the publication of the HIV Action Plan.

The HIV Action Plan commits to the development of a plan to increase innovation in the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), improving access for key groups, including provision in settings outside of sexual and reproductive health services. The plan will be based on evidence from the findings of work the English Sexual Health and HIV Commissioners group are undertaking with potential PrEP users and providers, which will explore the acceptability and feasibility of delivering PrEP in settings such as drug and alcohol services and pharmacies.

NHS England and NHS Improvement are also developing a pilot for accessing PrEP in prisons. Timelines for taking forward the Action Plan will be published in the monitoring and evaluation framework in 2022. The framework will include key indicators, including those on addressing stigma, to be monitored at national, regional and local levels.