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1130879

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with HIV are not discriminated against when seeking tattoo, piercings and other similar services.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	262416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 contains clear, enforceable protections to prevent people from being discriminated against or harassed because of a disability in the provision of services. A person with HIV is automatically protected under the Act because this condition is specified as a disability in the Act.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2019 14:37:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1668661

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering any proposals to protect individuals living with HIV from discrimination in various sectors, including healthcare, education, employment and housing; and, if so, what are their plans.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL98
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act’s definition of disability automatically covers people with HIV when they are in or seeking employment or seeking to access services, whether in the public or private sectors.</p><p> </p><p>As well as providing protection from discrimination, the Act requires employers and service providers to make reasonable adjustments for people living with HIV. For example, an employer would be expected to allow such an employee reasonable time off work to visit hospital in connection with their condition. Employers and service providers who fail to meet their legal obligations can face legal action, should the disabled person opt for this.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the public sector equality duty (section 149 of the Act - 'PSED') requires public authorities, in the exercise of their functions, to have due regard to the need to:</p><ul><li><p>eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other unlawful conduct prohibited by the Act;</p></li><li><p>advance equality of opportunity between people who share and people who do not share a relevant protected characteristic; and</p></li><li><p>foster good relations between people who share and people who do not share a relevant protected characteristic.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>A raft of guidance and codes of practice are available to help employers and service providers comply with their legal obligations under the Act. People with HIV who think they have experienced discrimination may contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - <a href="http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/" target="_blank">http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/</a>, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 22/11/2023 15:33:51 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1668497

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle (a) stigma and (b) discrimination against people living with HIV at an international level.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Addressing stigma and discrimination and ensuring equality of access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment services is critical to the global HIV response. The UK is a champion for human rights.</p><p>At the UN High Level Meeting on HIV in June 2021, the UK worked hard to secure the highest level of commitment from our global partners and garner support for the ambitious, rights-based Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026, so the world has the best chance of meeting the 2030 goal to end AIDS. We also endorse the Global Fund's 2023-2028 Strategy, which includes a focus on addressing inequities and structural drivers of HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths including barriers to services due to stigma, discrimination and criminalisation.</p><p>Our funding to the Robert Carr Fund, UNAIDS and the Global Fund helps to support legal and policy reform to combat stigma and discrimination and to improve access to HIV services for those most at risk, as well as supporting civil society and grassroots organisations to challenge harmful policies and attitudes that exclude minorities and put them at greater risk of HIV infection and increase access to services for these groups, including LGBT+ people.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 17/11/2023 14:23:49 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1128234

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	257455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>In April 2016, Public Health England (PHE) commissioned a four-year national HIV prevention programme for most at-risk populations, for men who have sex with men, Black African communities and other groups, in whom there is as higher or emerging burden of infection. To reduce levels of HIV-related stigma within affected communities and more widely, the programme manages a national partnership of multi-sector organisations across England to deliver a range of information and resources that will improve the proportion of individuals in the most at-risk populations who are able to make safe and sustainable sexual health choices. These resources can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hivpreventionengland.org.uk/</a></p><p>PHE’s HIV Prevention Innovation Fund has allocated funds to projects addressing HIV stigma through innovative, community-led interventions. This has included the reduction of HIV related stigma as a priority since 2015. This fund can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-hiv-prevention-projects-reached-170000-people-in-2018</a></p><p>The People Living with HIV Stigma Survey UK will run from January to July 2019. More information on the survey and the 2015 report can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.stigmaindexuk.org/" target="_blank">http://www.stigmaindexuk.org/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/06/2019 14:53:09 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1548255

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a comprehensive strategy for reducing HIV stigma.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL3983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>A workforce task and finish group will be established via the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group to consider enhanced training for the health and care workforce to address the stigma associated with HIV and to improve knowledge and understanding of transmission and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we provided approximately £4 million for a national HIV prevention programme from 2021 to 2024 delivered by Terrence Higgins Trust, which aims to reduce levels of HIV-related stigma within affected communities. The UK Health Security Agency continues to monitor experiences of stigma in those living with HIV through the Positive Voices survey, which will be available in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 14/12/2022 11:56:13 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1548256

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the Equalities Office and Department of Health and Social Care to lead a cross-government effort to address the remaining areas of HIV-related discrimination.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
	uin	HL3984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department continues to collaborate with cross-Government partners, NHS England and the voluntary and community sector to address HIV-related discrimination and reducing stigma. The Department and the UK Health Security Agency are monitoring experiences of stigma among people living with HIV through the Positive Voices survey, which will be available in 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/12/2022 16:54:51 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1669824

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	HIV Infection: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential for legislative changes to help remove stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	1962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The HIV Action Plan is the cornerstone of our approach in England to drive forward progress and achieve our goal to end new HIV transmissions, AIDS and HIV-related deaths within England by 2030. It includes a key objective to improve the quality of life for people living with HIV and addressing stigma. In December, UK Health Security Agency will publish a monitoring and evaluation report of the HIV Action Plan for England as well as the results of the Positive Voices 2022 survey which provide granular data and findings on HIV-related stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV in England, Wales and Scotland.</p><p>The Government announced on 24 October its intention to change the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 to allow people who are HIV positive, but with an undetectable viral load, to donate their gametes as part of fertility treatment and will continue considering potential changes which can support people living with HIV and improve their quality of life.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/11/2023 17:22:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle