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Written question asked by Baroness Barker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 5 January 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


HIV/AIDS: Prisoners

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish annual data about HIV prevalence, testing uptake and treatment adherence in prisoners, disaggregated by gender and security category.

Answer

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) publishes overall HIV prevalence and HIV testing data annually in the HIV Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and the HIV Official Statistics, available on the GOV.UK website.

Our recently published 2025 report Understanding HIV testing contains further information on people in prison. The report is also available on the GOV.UK website.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12606
Session
2024-26
Subjects
HIV/AIDS Medical treatments Prisoners
Link
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