Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1683929

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many HIV testing kits were supplied between 1 and 7 February 2021, and of those, how many positive HIV tests were recorded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period between 1 and 7 February 2021, 19,342 HIV testing kits were dispatched, and 84 were reactive. The following table shows, using the data currently available, the number of HIV testing kits that were ordered and dispatched for National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaigns between 2019/20 and 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>Ordered kits</p></td><td><p>Dispatched kits</p></td><td><p>HIV reactive</p></td><td><p>HIV reactivity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,863</p></td><td><p>19,496</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30,612</p></td><td><p>30,876</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>23,520</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>22,408</p></td><td><p>21,626</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The campaign period is approximately one month long with NHTW being the period when key activity occurs. The table also shows the number of HIV reactive tests for the same period.</li><li>A reactive result means that the test has reacted with something in the blood that could be, but is not necessarily, the HIV virus or antibodies to the HIV virus. A reactive result is not the same as a positive result. Further confirmatory tests will need to be taken at a clinic.</li><li>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/20, NHTW was moved from November to February.</li><li>The number of kits dispatched may be higher than kits ordered due to a mixture of repeat kits being dispatched (this could be where a kit is damaged or lost in the post or a person needs additional tests) and a proportion of duplicate orders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHTW focuses on communities disproportionately affected by HIV though tests are available to be ordered by anyone in England. We have some data available on the demographic profile of people requesting an HIV testing kit during NHTW, with 44% of HIV testing kit requests in 2023 coming from gay and bisexual men who have sex with men.</p><p>Black African people’s uptake of testing kits has tripled since 2021, accounting for 10% of orders made. During NHTW in 2023, self-testing kits were made available for the first time and were particularly popular amongst black African groups. The percentage of heterosexual men who requested a testing kit has doubled since 2021, from 11% to 22% in 2023 and the percentage of heterosexual women has also steadily increased year on year.</p><p>We continue working closely together with our key partners in the HIV Prevention Programme monitoring and evaluating the results of the campaign to ensure we continue progressing towards our 2030 ambitions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1781 HL1782 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:50:52 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1683930

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the demographic profile of requesting an HIV testing kit during National HIV Testing Week in each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period between 1 and 7 February 2021, 19,342 HIV testing kits were dispatched, and 84 were reactive. The following table shows, using the data currently available, the number of HIV testing kits that were ordered and dispatched for National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaigns between 2019/20 and 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>Ordered kits</p></td><td><p>Dispatched kits</p></td><td><p>HIV reactive</p></td><td><p>HIV reactivity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,863</p></td><td><p>19,496</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30,612</p></td><td><p>30,876</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>23,520</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>22,408</p></td><td><p>21,626</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The campaign period is approximately one month long with NHTW being the period when key activity occurs. The table also shows the number of HIV reactive tests for the same period.</li><li>A reactive result means that the test has reacted with something in the blood that could be, but is not necessarily, the HIV virus or antibodies to the HIV virus. A reactive result is not the same as a positive result. Further confirmatory tests will need to be taken at a clinic.</li><li>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/20, NHTW was moved from November to February.</li><li>The number of kits dispatched may be higher than kits ordered due to a mixture of repeat kits being dispatched (this could be where a kit is damaged or lost in the post or a person needs additional tests) and a proportion of duplicate orders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHTW focuses on communities disproportionately affected by HIV though tests are available to be ordered by anyone in England. We have some data available on the demographic profile of people requesting an HIV testing kit during NHTW, with 44% of HIV testing kit requests in 2023 coming from gay and bisexual men who have sex with men.</p><p>Black African people’s uptake of testing kits has tripled since 2021, accounting for 10% of orders made. During NHTW in 2023, self-testing kits were made available for the first time and were particularly popular amongst black African groups. The percentage of heterosexual men who requested a testing kit has doubled since 2021, from 11% to 22% in 2023 and the percentage of heterosexual women has also steadily increased year on year.</p><p>We continue working closely together with our key partners in the HIV Prevention Programme monitoring and evaluating the results of the campaign to ensure we continue progressing towards our 2030 ambitions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1780 HL1782 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:50:52 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1683931

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of those requesting an HIV testing kit during National HIV Testing Week tested positive in each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL1782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period between 1 and 7 February 2021, 19,342 HIV testing kits were dispatched, and 84 were reactive. The following table shows, using the data currently available, the number of HIV testing kits that were ordered and dispatched for National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) campaigns between 2019/20 and 2022/23:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>England Total</p></td><td><p>Ordered kits</p></td><td><p>Dispatched kits</p></td><td><p>HIV reactive</p></td><td><p>HIV reactivity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>19,863</p></td><td><p>19,496</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>30,612</p></td><td><p>30,876</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>24,409</p></td><td><p>23,520</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>22,408</p></td><td><p>21,626</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The campaign period is approximately one month long with NHTW being the period when key activity occurs. The table also shows the number of HIV reactive tests for the same period.</li><li>A reactive result means that the test has reacted with something in the blood that could be, but is not necessarily, the HIV virus or antibodies to the HIV virus. A reactive result is not the same as a positive result. Further confirmatory tests will need to be taken at a clinic.</li><li>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019/20, NHTW was moved from November to February.</li><li>The number of kits dispatched may be higher than kits ordered due to a mixture of repeat kits being dispatched (this could be where a kit is damaged or lost in the post or a person needs additional tests) and a proportion of duplicate orders.</li></ol><p> </p><p>NHTW focuses on communities disproportionately affected by HIV though tests are available to be ordered by anyone in England. We have some data available on the demographic profile of people requesting an HIV testing kit during NHTW, with 44% of HIV testing kit requests in 2023 coming from gay and bisexual men who have sex with men.</p><p>Black African people’s uptake of testing kits has tripled since 2021, accounting for 10% of orders made. During NHTW in 2023, self-testing kits were made available for the first time and were particularly popular amongst black African groups. The percentage of heterosexual men who requested a testing kit has doubled since 2021, from 11% to 22% in 2023 and the percentage of heterosexual women has also steadily increased year on year.</p><p>We continue working closely together with our key partners in the HIV Prevention Programme monitoring and evaluating the results of the campaign to ensure we continue progressing towards our 2030 ambitions.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1780 HL1781 question first answered 12/02/2024 16:50:52 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1648257

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the target of no new HIV infections by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	191459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) undertakes the monitoring of progress against the UNAIDS targets and publishes these as part of the HIV Action Plan monitoring and evaluation framework.</p><p>The UKHSA use the number of new HIV diagnoses first made in England as a proxy for HIV transmissions. The number of new HIV diagnoses first made in England fell from 2,986 in 2019 to 2,023 in 2021. However, this fall was not equal between demographic groups and occurred in the context of reduced HIV testing and increased proportion of late diagnoses.</p><p>To achieve the UNAIDS target, several areas need to be prioritised including HIV testing numbers exceeding levels seen in 2019, ensuring patients not retained in care are re-integrated and supported, and monitoring inequalities in HIV prevention and care to inform accessible and culturally-competent interventions.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 04/07/2023 10:26:18 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1646092

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure integrated care systems deliver HIV healthcare programmes.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	190467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services are open access and any adults with a diagnosis of HIV can self-refer, regardless of United Kingdom address. Any service diagnosing HIV in adults can refer to any specialised HIV service provider. This facilitates equitable access to care.</p><p>As set out in the NHS England Roadmap, specialised HIV inpatient and outpatient services have been identified as key areas for greater integrated care systems leadership by NHS England and integrated care boards (ICBs). Integrating the commissioning of HIV treatment services with ICBs, will allow local systems to simplify and strengthen HIV care pathways with other services through effective local partnerships, including in areas of higher deprivation.</p><p>The national Service Specification for Adult HIV services is also currently under review by NHS England. The Specification Working Group will ensure that the revised specification reflects any changes in practice since 2013, ensures close working with other relevant services, and is fit for purpose in the new commissioning landscape regardless of the level of deprivation in an area.</p><p>As part of the Government’s HIV Action Plan, a retention and re-engagement in care task and finish group was established in 2023. This group will provide advice on increasing the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receiving effective medical care.</p><p>They will present their recommendations to the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group in due course, who will agree how the advice will be taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 190468 question first answered 26/06/2023 12:18:29 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1646093

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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
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 his Department plans to take to ensure that areas of higher deprivation receive adequate support through the Integrated care systems so that they can continue to deliver preexisting HIV services.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	190468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services are open access and any adults with a diagnosis of HIV can self-refer, regardless of United Kingdom address. Any service diagnosing HIV in adults can refer to any specialised HIV service provider. This facilitates equitable access to care.</p><p>As set out in the NHS England Roadmap, specialised HIV inpatient and outpatient services have been identified as key areas for greater integrated care systems leadership by NHS England and integrated care boards (ICBs). Integrating the commissioning of HIV treatment services with ICBs, will allow local systems to simplify and strengthen HIV care pathways with other services through effective local partnerships, including in areas of higher deprivation.</p><p>The national Service Specification for Adult HIV services is also currently under review by NHS England. The Specification Working Group will ensure that the revised specification reflects any changes in practice since 2013, ensures close working with other relevant services, and is fit for purpose in the new commissioning landscape regardless of the level of deprivation in an area.</p><p>As part of the Government’s HIV Action Plan, a retention and re-engagement in care task and finish group was established in 2023. This group will provide advice on increasing the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receiving effective medical care.</p><p>They will present their recommendations to the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group in due course, who will agree how the advice will be taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 190467 question first answered 26/06/2023 12:18:29 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1645483

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Markham on 8 June (HLWS826), what assessment they have made of the incidence of HIV in (1) women, and (2) heterosexual men, between 2019 and 2021; and what steps they are taking to improve this.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL8580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency is currently developing a methodology to estimate incidence among heterosexual men and women based on the methodology currently used to produce estimates of incidence for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. As estimates of incidence are not available for heterosexual men and women, new diagnoses first made in the United Kingdom are used as a proxy and interpreted in context of levels of HIV testing amongst those populations.</p><p>Between 2019 and 2021, there was a slight increase in HIV diagnoses and late HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals, whilst HIV testing coverage remained substantially lower in 2021 than in 2019. In addition, the estimated number of undiagnosed people among heterosexual men and women did not decline over the same period. These figures suggest that there was no fall in incidence in this population.</p><p>The HIV Action Plan published in 2020 aims to reduce new HIV infections by 80% between 2019 and 2025 and details a range of actions committed to in order to help achieve this ambition.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 26/06/2023 14:29:11 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

1645217

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Markham on 8 June (HLWS826), what estimate they have made of the number of people who have previously been diagnosed with HIV but who are not currently receiving treatment for it; and what steps they are taking to find and support those people.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL8547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) HIV Action Plan monitoring and evaluation framework showed in 2021, 147 people were diagnosed and not yet linked to specialist human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care, 4,444 people had not attended care for at least 15 months and 1,195 had been seen for HIV care but were not on treatment, corresponding to a lower estimate of 5,786 people diagnosed and not receiving treatment in 2021. UKHSA also estimate that there could be an additional 18,226 people seen for care since January 2015, with at least a 15 months gap in HIV care and not seen again by end of 2021, corresponding to an upper estimate of 24,012 people diagnosed but not on antiretroviral treatment.</p><p>As part of the HIV Action Plan, we committed to ensure everyone with an HIV positive status receives adequate treatment and to optimise access, retention and re-engagement in HIV care. Therefore, we established a sub group of the HIV Action Plan implementation Steering Group, which includes UKHSA, the British HIV Association and other organisations who will provide advice on increasing the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receiving effective medical care.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 28/06/2023 11:30:01 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1642507

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with HIV in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus in England and the United Kingdom in the past five years including those previously diagnosed abroad.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>4,301</p></td><td><p>4,221</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td><td><p>2,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>4,791</p></td><td><p>4,684</p></td><td><p>4,408</p></td><td><p>2,961</p></td><td><p>2,955</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Among the people diagnosed in England in 2021, 25% were previously diagnosed abroad.</p><p>This data is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-annual-data-tables</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-monitoring-and-evaluation-framework/hiv-action-plan-monitoring-and-evaluation-framework#main-messages" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hiv-monitoring-and-evaluation-framework/hiv-action-plan-monitoring-and-evaluation-framework#main-messages</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 09:57:29 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1642649

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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
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 his Department is taking to (a) improve quality of life for and (b) reduce the stigma faced by people living with HIV.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	188219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>Improving Treatment and retention in care, as well as quality of life for and reducing the stigma faced by people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are objectives in the Government’s HIV Action plan published in December 2021.</p><p>NHS England are currently reviewing the national Service Specification for Adult HIV services, which sets out the standards of care that HIV providers are expected to meet, including availability of community, psychological and psychosocial support for patients to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV.</p><p>As part of the HIV Action Plan Steering Group, a re-engagement and retention in care task and finish group was established in 2023. This group will provide advice on increasing the number of people retained and re-engaged in care and receiving effective treatment. They will present their recommendations to the HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group, who will agree on how the advice will be taken forward.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 188218 question first answered 14/06/2023 12:47:34 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell