§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the proportion of the total number of HIV transmissions which occurred in the UK through sex between men in the last 12 months. [130474]
§ Yvette CooperFigures are not yet available for the whole of the last 12 months. 42 per cent. of HIV infections diagnosed in the United Kingdom in 1999 and reported to the end of March 2000 were probably acquired through sex between men. When diagnoses of infections probably acquired abroad are excluded, the estimated proportion of infections occurring in the UK through sex between men rises to approximately 70 per cent.
§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of HIV prevention budgets(a) spent by his Department and (b) spent through health authorities are targeted at men who have sex with men. [130473]
§ Yvette CooperIn 1999–2000, of the £3 million allocated to national HIV health promotion and prevention, £1.1 million was spent on work targeting men who have sex with men. Health authorities received £53.4 million for local HIV prevention work, of which they were required to spend at least 50 per cent. on groups at increased risk of HIV, including men who have sex with men.