Written question asked by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 11 March 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

HIV Infection and Hepatitis

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on policy on (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

In addition, the Offender Health team provides 0.2 WTE for work on HIV and other blood borne viruses in the prison setting.

Secondary information