Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on Government support for the health of gay, lesbian and bisexual young people.

This Government is committed to improving the health and well-being of young people. We recognise that gay, lesbian and bisexual young people often face specific challenges.

We have ended the ban on blood donations from sexually active gay men, and are eliminating barriers for same sex couples to access IVF.

Spend for children and young people’s mental health services has increased from £841 million in 2019/20 to just over £1 billion in 2022/23.

And in 2021, we published our HIV Action Plan which sets our commitment to ending all new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030.